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and didn't miss a day doing a step.I know I will be doing it again because there's so much information that is hard for me to remember all at once.(within a very short period of time)Alot of great information and it feels like someone literally picked me up and pointed me in a direction I should go through a forest,lol.If I go one way,it's beautiful,lush and serenity comes with it.If I choose to pick another path,well...all the scary animals,reptiles and everythingelse are looking at me for lunch.Better to take my chances on God's path.....There's a sense of peace about this point in my life right now.I still have problems sometimes,I'm still no richer,by far even,lol than what I was before I started the step program,still live in the same town with the same job with the same issues BUT..I sense God is with me pretty much wherever I go now.I truthfully didnt sense that peace or protection when I was smoking.So I dont lose you there,I've always loved God as an adult and even when I gave up doing "wordly" activities and hanging out with my old crowd years back,the whole fact that I smoked seemed to haunt me and I would conciously think literally everyday that that one thing was standing in the way of how happy I could really be in life or at least content somehow,that stupid cigarette would re-remind me that I couldnt be near God until I gave it up because it was destroying my body,mind and whateverelse.Ive had people tell me,before I quit,it didnt matter if I did or not,I was still going to heaven and God still loved me.yes,I agree and knew he still loved me but no,it's my personal belief that if we die in knowing sin(smoking a cigarette repeatedly although you know its wrong and most people know that)that I am not going to heaven if I were to die in that sin or keep doing it.So anyways,it's been 7 days since Ive had a cigarette.I stopped cold turkey with alot of prayer, a sincere desire to be able to be who God wants me to be and learning to grab for God when I get stressed and not something hazardous like that.I thank the Lord for every day and hour I dont light up because ive quit before and always went back to it but..I didnt have a program then,an honest desire to stay done and be done with it and a reason to keep going in life even when i feel or am most alone.God is with me.I mess up sometimes and sometimes I dont appear a Christian,in my thoughts anyways-work is a true test of this daily but I know God forgives me,isnt leaving me and is the ONLY answer to the woes of life.I pray the Lord will always remind me of this.God Bless.

Wooohooo Faith...Praise God! I am so excited..you finished the steps and I see healing in you has begun! Just remember the steps are always here if you need to go back and review them at any time. Also, nurture your new relationship with the Lord...there are Christian Walk Studies that you can read...to help retain and refresh virtue. Check out your Bible daily...and Christian music as well....so many good things...and I am so proud of you...and you should be proud...cuz God is proud of His girl as well.

luv ya bunches sis

and the heavens rejoice. im glad that u stopped smoking. anything that we do although it is a known sin or even if u think it is sin, if it is sin to you and you do it, it's sin. others can excuse themselves for certain indiscretions, but if your conscience bothers u, don't do it.
the best way to stay quit, is to replace that bad habit with something of virtue. if singing gives you peace, make sure to sing anytime u feel pressured to smoke. place something visible in vulnerable areas to remind you to stay on the path of righteousness.
just remember the parable of the spirit who was cast out of a house. he wanders around trying to find a place and decides to go back to where he came. he comes to the place and find it swept clean and takes seven spirits more wicked than he and the last state of that man is worse than the first. these are words of our LORD. he told the woman at the well to go her way and sin no more lest something worse would come upon her.
if u have removed that horrible habit by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT, protect that by filling it with something of virtue, a new discipline of faith.
u will find this practice supremely helpful. the more earnestly you search for HIM, the more about HIM you will find out.
prayerfully

aww God bless you, sis!

know what? The Holy Spirit picked you up and carried you through this...and walked with you...and sang over you...and will continue to do so every step of your life. Keep seeking Him..and come back and go over the steps as often as you feel the need to. Its been awesome seeing what the Lord has done in your soul and in your life on this journey. You are not alone..keep that in your mind. You are loved and cherished by your savior...so precious in His sight....

love you much, sis,

in Jesus,
love momo

Amen ...

This ... Is but the beginning of what God has in store for ya.

Keep on keeping on.

Luv ya