Work it Wednesday - Step 7, Part 1

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.

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

and for the month of July - Step 7 - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings

From Meditations for Street Chicks Step Seven booklet available through our website - click the link to the right

After having taken a personal inventory of myself, I shared it with God and another human being. Am I now ready to have God remove all these defects of character? If my answer is yes, I humbly as God to remove them. 'Them' are all of the things I found objectionable in my inventory. 

In this step I surrender to the "surgery of God" and ask God to remove these defects of character. I do this with a sincere and humble heart, knowing that only in such a way can I find my path to true sanity and peace. This may also mean action on my part in getting rid of sources that lead me to addictive behaviors. If it is my pride that makes me believe that I can still live with these sources of temptation, then the sources need to go along with my pride. I rid my life of those things, people or situations that are causing me to fall or stumble as far as I can do so in a responsible manner. 

This prayer is good whether you say it from jail or else where!

From Meditations for Street Chicks Step Seven booklet available through our website - click the link to the right