A call for input , suggestions &/or advice
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:37 amDear brothers and sisters in Christ
It had been a long and heavy time since our Lord had saw fit to lay it upon my heart to express (press out) the Grace He had granted this wretched soul for His purposes . I had been searching many avenues (sometimes literally) to do so , whether it be via one on one talk , groups , frequenting alleys or conferences , one thing ALWAYS stuck out , but the reluctant thick head of mine ALWAYS had tried to avoid the issue .
It went all the way back to my sponsor's calling (while still here with us) and a request from the Maine area literature committee , of compiling all of our lectures and speeches (his lectures , my speeches) into a form of a book or periodic pamphlets . Like I said , I avoided the issue from the word go , but ... now , with my sponsor's passing , the "burden" is getting heavier by the day of fulfilling his unrealized wish .
Sad to say , we started the project , collecting every recording , interviews and gathering of info and feeding them to computer , but ... they ALL went up in smoke with my house , LOST .. FOREVER !!
Fed by my reluctance , I was riding the whim of "See ? It wasn't meant to be after all" rational . That "whim" is not TRUTH !
The time is Here and now , it has arrived , and I cannot put it off any longer for fear of collapsing under the weight , of "turning my back" on A calling (Whether it be mine , or someone else's is irrelevant) .
For those who don't know , it has to do with Addiction/Recovery .
Addiction is a very subtle foe of us trying to do the will of our Lord the best we can . Though some of us are aware of that fact , but , unfortunately , MANY are NOT ! It is a strategy that the enemy had concocted to distract us from His Path . He is a sneaky bastard , hits us when not looking , and addiction AND the denial of it is the smokescreen he uses by glamourizing and minimizing the effects it has on us and , in turn , on those around us .
I had been hammering on the idea of posting (somewhere , don't yet know where) some Truths about , first , Addiction , then , the recovery from it , and lastly the process of it , with a possible conclusion(s) of WHY should we bothered to do that . All Scripture based , combined with the suggestions of recovery outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous , the 12 steps .
Whether it be a weekly post , and then a discussion , a daily one ? , similar to what our brother FollowerofJesus had/has in Cool Recovery Cafe forum ? Real Solutions ? or maybe even altogether new forum or thread ?
I will , in a bit , post a "Sampler" of what I have in mind , taken and incorporated from the Life Recovery Bible that I use for my recovery , and take it from there .
Thank you ALL in advance .
(Oh , by the way , I am not afraid of Truth , so , don't even bother of thinking "it might offend him" !! Hit me with your best shot !! I Looooove to get hit by Truth !!)
In Christ , our Lord
It had been a long and heavy time since our Lord had saw fit to lay it upon my heart to express (press out) the Grace He had granted this wretched soul for His purposes . I had been searching many avenues (sometimes literally) to do so , whether it be via one on one talk , groups , frequenting alleys or conferences , one thing ALWAYS stuck out , but the reluctant thick head of mine ALWAYS had tried to avoid the issue .
It went all the way back to my sponsor's calling (while still here with us) and a request from the Maine area literature committee , of compiling all of our lectures and speeches (his lectures , my speeches) into a form of a book or periodic pamphlets . Like I said , I avoided the issue from the word go , but ... now , with my sponsor's passing , the "burden" is getting heavier by the day of fulfilling his unrealized wish .
Sad to say , we started the project , collecting every recording , interviews and gathering of info and feeding them to computer , but ... they ALL went up in smoke with my house , LOST .. FOREVER !!
Fed by my reluctance , I was riding the whim of "See ? It wasn't meant to be after all" rational . That "whim" is not TRUTH !
The time is Here and now , it has arrived , and I cannot put it off any longer for fear of collapsing under the weight , of "turning my back" on A calling (Whether it be mine , or someone else's is irrelevant) .
For those who don't know , it has to do with Addiction/Recovery .
Addiction is a very subtle foe of us trying to do the will of our Lord the best we can . Though some of us are aware of that fact , but , unfortunately , MANY are NOT ! It is a strategy that the enemy had concocted to distract us from His Path . He is a sneaky bastard , hits us when not looking , and addiction AND the denial of it is the smokescreen he uses by glamourizing and minimizing the effects it has on us and , in turn , on those around us .
I had been hammering on the idea of posting (somewhere , don't yet know where) some Truths about , first , Addiction , then , the recovery from it , and lastly the process of it , with a possible conclusion(s) of WHY should we bothered to do that . All Scripture based , combined with the suggestions of recovery outlined in the book Alcoholics Anonymous , the 12 steps .
Whether it be a weekly post , and then a discussion , a daily one ? , similar to what our brother FollowerofJesus had/has in Cool Recovery Cafe forum ? Real Solutions ? or maybe even altogether new forum or thread ?
I will , in a bit , post a "Sampler" of what I have in mind , taken and incorporated from the Life Recovery Bible that I use for my recovery , and take it from there .
Thank you ALL in advance .
(Oh , by the way , I am not afraid of Truth , so , don't even bother of thinking "it might offend him" !! Hit me with your best shot !! I Looooove to get hit by Truth !!)
In Christ , our Lord
Bro 
and now, it is your turn to cultivate the fruit... much more appealing to your human way of thinking. 
I am praying that God gives you the guidance you need in your decisions. I know that you seek to do HIS will and truly want to help others who struggle as you have. God Bless you always! 
