Planting seeds in hard ground…. 

If you have ever gardened or worked with your yard, and especially if you live in Arizona, you learn pretty quickly that the ground here is pretty hard and not too compliant when it comes to yielding to a shovel, spade, or a hoe. 

We learned that in order to plant, we first have to treat the ground here with water, over and over to get it to soften and become workable. 

The more we work with the ground, the deeper we can dig to allow more room for the plant to take root and grow. 

It’s the same with our hearts when it comes to accepting change. 

No maybe it’s different for you, but I have learned from experience that until I can soften my heart and become willing to accept needed change and allow it space in my heart, nothing changes, and I remain hardened inside. 

When I soften my heart through willingness and allow God’s grace and guidance to plant the needed seeds of change it comes and I grow… 

Check your experience... 

“His change of heart was dramatic, convincing, and moving.” Big Book pg 55 

Lord, let us become willing to allow our hearts to soften to accept the changes You have for us, AMEN. 

“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.” Jeremiah 4:3 

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 Try a little kindness...

This is probably not seen too much these days and certainly not reported very often in the news media,..

But kindness covers a multitude of anger, hurtful, and just plain lonely feelings.

Perhaps you have already been the receiver of an act of anonymous kindness.

Just last week a friend shared how they were pleasantly surprised to learn as they picked up their daily Starbucks order at the drive through window that the unknown person in front of them had paid for their coffee.

I dare you to give it a try!

Do something anonymously for a random stranger or for a loved one.

See how you feel afterwards.

Remember, it’s not about being seen doing this, it’s about serving others with no expectation of a return.

I promise you that the indirect return you get from this is better than you can imagine!

Go on…You can do this!

Then…..Check your experience. ….

“Were we kind and loving toward all?” Big Book pg 86.

Lord, let us show our love today through kindness to those around us, AMEN.

"Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32

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 I can't. .. HE can. .. I think I will let Him. .... 

We humans are amazing creatures. 

We are blessed with this gift called free will and we dress it up and disguise it to ourselves and others as "will power ". 

We attempt to do many impossible things with it and sometimes we even succeed and then allow ourselves to believe the delusion that we did it all by ourselves. 

The truth is that while yes it does take will power to go to work, make a meal, and participate in the lives of those around us, more often than not, we are the recipient of God's blessings and will for us when the bigger things happen. 

Take a moment today and look at all the good things around you and in your life. 

Are they really ONLY from your will power?.. 

Check your experience... 

"Lack of power that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves." Big Book pg 45 

Lord, we thank you for the blessings in our lives that mainly come from You when we turn our will and lives over to you, AMEN. 

"Then Job answered the LORD and said, I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted." Job 41: 1-2 

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 Spring cleaning... 

Summer is just around the corner and most of us have thought about and perhaps even engaged in some form of Spring Cleaning. 

Maybe we cleaned and organized our homes, moving the clutter and no longer needed things to the trash. 

Some of us might even have looked in our clothes closets and removed our winter garments to make room for our summer wardrobe. 

Out with the old and in with the new is our Spring Cleaning motive..... 

What about the clutter of fears, resentments, anger, and other things in our hearts and minds that hold us hostage and block us off from the Son-light of the Spirit? 

Isn't it time to clear these self-centered thoughts and emotions out of ourselves? 

It's a spiritual principle that when we find ourselves angry and or hurt by people, places, things, and or situations it's because there is something spiritually wrong ins ide of us that needs to be attended to and corrected or cleaned if you will...

Check your experience...

"Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them." Big Book pg. 84 

Lord let us open our hearts and minds to be cleansed by your Holy Spirit to remove any and all fear, resentment, anger, and self-generated pain, AMEN. 

"Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” Ephesians 4:31 

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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…. 

Have you ever noticed the fruit produced tends to depend on the health of the tree? 

Trees that are given ample water and live in well maintained soil produce the best fruit. 

Trees that get little water and are located in not so fertile soil don’t produce much fruit and the fruit that is produced usually does not compare in quality to a healthier tree. 

If you think about it, our lives are the same way. 

When we are connected to a healthy, positive, and nurturing spiritual, emotional, and physical environment, we tend to be healthy for ourselves and others. 

When our surroundings are full of negativity and all kinds of chaos, we struggle to receive the spiritual food needed to be healthy… 

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! 

How fertile is your environment?.. 

Check your experience… 

“His roots grasped a new soil.” Big Book pg 12 

Lord, let us surround ourselves with a fertile environment filled with love, grace, and growth, AMEN. 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.” John 15:5 

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 Change your thoughts and change your world… 

If we can change our thoughts, we can change our attitudes. 

If we change our attitudes, we can change our actions. 

If our actions change then our behaviors follow. 

Finally, if our behaviors change, then so do our habits. 

It starts with us folks. 

We need not let the actions or influences of others control us!

No matter how good it looks on the TV or the internet does not mean we HAVE to HAVE it to be complete! 

God gave us free will for a reason in order to allow us to consciously make our choices and decisions based on what’s in our hearts and not dominating our mind’s eye at the moment. … 

Check your experience. … 

“The persistence of this illusion is astonishing.” Big Book pg 30 

Lord, let us be transformed by seeking Your will daily and not falling to the illusions of the material things f this world, AMEN. 

"Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,” Romans 12:2 

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 We GET what we GIVE….

As we celebrate Mother’s Day, a great example of unconditional love is seen in a mother’s love for her child. 

Because we are human, it’s a part of our DNA to unconsciously and naturally seek unconditional love. 

Most of us spend our lives seeking it and never quite finding it. 

Perhaps it’s because we are looking with the wrong motives. 

We GET what we GIVE. 

That is a spiritual principle. 

In my experience I have only received unconditional love when I am in a mental, spiritual, and emotional state to give this. 

I have learned I must give unconditional love in order to be able to receive it. 

God loves us unconditionally but until we are willing, we cannot receive His love. 

It’s the same with our relationships here on Earth. 

Until we are willing to give love unconditionally, we cannot receive it. … 

Check your experience…. 

“Love and tolerance of others is our code.” Big Book pg. 84 

Lord thank You for loving us unconditionally. Please open our hearts with Your Spirit to enable us to be willing to give love unconditionally so that we may receive it, AMEN. 

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;" Isaiah 66:13 

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