Recovery Meditations ~ Step Three ~ One Day at a Time ~ January 07, 2011

~ STEP THREE ~

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"Tis only God may be had for the asking."

James Russell Lowell
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When I first came to the program and

looked at the steps on the walls, my ego

told me that I had Step Three already

made. Of course, I had skipped right

over Steps One and Two! I thought

because I had experienced a religious

experience many years ago, I didn’t

need to take Step Three. What I was to

discover in the next few months on my

wonderful journey in recovery is that

spirituality and religion were two

different things. That my religion today

is part of my spirituality, but my

spirituality is so much more.

I finally in Step One "Came." I kept

coming to meetings and admitted my

powerlessness and unmanageability. Then

I "Came to." Through Step Two a portion

of my sanity was restored and continues

to be restored on a daily basis. Then at

the point of taking Step Three I "Came

To Believe". I realized that I had not

turned my will and my life over to the

care of God in the area of my compulsive

overeating. That was a task yet to be

done. And I offered myself to my God to

do with as He would. I said the Third

Step prayer which can be found in

Alcoholic Anonymous on page 63, "God, I

offer myself to Thee - the build with me

and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve

me of the bondage of self, that I may

better do Thy will. Take away my

difficulties, that victory over them may

bear witness to those I would help of

Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of

life. May I do Thy will always!" I had

taken the Third Step. I was moved into a

new dimension in my spiritual life.


ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .

I will take Step Three this day, turning my will and life over to the care of my God.