Work it Wednesday - Step 6, Part 3 - Ready, Set, Go!

First a quick review:

Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable. 

Step 2 - Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
Step 4 - We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

 Step 5 - Admit to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Which brings us to Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Do I have to have all my ducks in a row, or all my defects in laid out for God to remove? Not at all! God already knows them anyway. He just wants you to be willing and honest enough to give them all over to him!  Let go and let God!

From Meditations for Street Chicks Step 6
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Once you allow room for God, you will get results. There are those in recovery that have stopped drinking/using by way of steps 1, 2 and 3, but spend the rest of their lives pointing their misery at other people because they won't continue with the steps. In step 6, your willingness to change comes from seeing how you hurt others and yourself. 

You may have been a great big blob kind of a thing on the inside - sucking the life out of everything with you wants and fears. Afraid of not getting what you wanted. Sort of like a big, selfish, self-centered monster rolling around with thousands of arms reaching out to grab at anything it could get a hold of. Chanting the whole time, I want, I want, I want! I would be running away from someone like that!  But you don't have to be a blob any longer. God can remove those needy character defects and thus allow you to walk closer to him. You do not have to be afraid or want for anything! You can begin walking a new walk! It is such a good feeling to finally stop struggling! Even before you finish the other steps, you will find a release from the tension - a new peace!

From Meditations for Street Chicks Step 6
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just click the link to the right!

From Meditations for Street Chicks Step 6
Available through our website,
 just click the link to the right!