Daily Reprieve - March

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March 11

SOOTHING THE SOUL

"Clear away the wreckage of your past." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 164

"If the shepherd finds the lost sheep, he will surely rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn't wander away!" Matthew 18: 13

For what it’s worth: Some stubborn stains remain on my soul even though I have done my best to clear away the garbage. When I am in the darkness of clinical depression, or struggling through a dry spiritual desert, ghosts of my past can come out to haunt me. It is at those times healing thoughts such as the parable of the prodigal son and the shepherd finding the lost sheep soothe my soul. I am deeply grateful to have the words and stories of the Big Book and the Bible at my fingertips and in my heart.

God bless you.
Joe W.