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bluidkiti · 08-06-2014, 10:54 AM

Opening Up

If God seems far away from you, ask yourself if you have given him the opportunity to come close. Is there something in you that prevents you from opening up to his presence?

Opening up to God's presence begins with the belief that you are loved, that God actually takes a delight in being with you. Opening up to God would mean to admit your faults and failures, to ask pardon for them and to believe that you are loved in spite of them. Opening up to God's presence would include an awareness that he is already within you, within everyone and everything that surrounds you, and that he waits for you to make this discovery.

Our opening up to God makes his closeness apparent to us. The experience begins whenever we make the decision to allow it to happen.

The next time you seem far away, Lord, I'll ask myself how open I am to receive you. And if I can find no cause in myself for your apparent absence, then I will simply believe that you are with me in the darkness.

Focus Your Day

08-06-2014, 10:54 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,232	Opening Up Opening Up If God seems far away from you, ask yourself if you have given him the opportunity to come close. Is there something in you that prevents you from opening up to his presence? Opening up to God's presence begins with the belief that you are loved, that God actually takes a delight in being with you. Opening up to God would mean to admit your faults and failures, to ask pardon for them and to believe that you are loved in spite of them. Opening up to God's presence would include an awareness that he is already within you, within everyone and everything that surrounds you, and that he waits for you to make this discovery. Our opening up to God makes his closeness apparent to us. The experience begins whenever we make the decision to allow it to happen. The next time you seem far away, Lord, I'll ask myself how open I am to receive you. And if I can find no cause in myself for your apparent absence, then I will simply believe that you are with me in the darkness. Focus Your Day __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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