Quote
of the Week
“God has only
three answers to your prayers:
1) Yes
2) Yes, but not now
3) No, because I have something better
for you”
While the 11th step teaches
us to pray only for the knowledge of God's
will for us and the power to carry that
out, there will invariably be times when
we are sure we know what's best for us
and will pray for a desired result or circumstance.
This is the moment that self will has
crept back in. Having momentarily forgotten
that we have rarely been truly happy when
we have gotten what WE wanted, what we
need is a way to get back to the wisdom
of the 11th step.
And this quote provides that.
By keeping these three
answers in mind, we're able to release
expectations from our prayers and truly
surrender ourselves to God's will. Through
surrender we find faith, and faith leads
us to the sure knowledge that God’s
will for us is always better than our
own.