It seems we have seasons for everything in our lives. 

We have clothes for the changing seasons. Heck, even Arizonans have a jacket in the closet somewhere! We have football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and other sports seasons. We even have seasons that we can put on our food to spice it up or change the flavor. 

What about our lives? 

Change is inevitable for all of us. It’s a common to hear that folks are “going through a season” when there is change or challenge in their lives. It’s part of being human. 

However, it’s how we deal with the change and the seasons in our lives that helps us grow spiritually. 

Maybe it’s different for you, but I have learned to embrace change over the years. 

I may still bristle when it comes unexpectedly, but I clear my mind and remind myself that I turned my will and life over the Lord when I got sober, and that frees me from pride and fear taking control of my thoughts and actions. 

What about you? 

Does change bring resistance and lock you in a battle with your self-centered feelings and pride preventing you from growing? 

Perhaps change ignites fear inside of you, shutting off the Holy Spirit and trapping you within your closed mindset. 

Or maybe you embrace change knowing there is a lesson to be learned and the outcome will make you a better person. … Check your experience. … 

“Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.” Big Book pg 84 

Lord, thank you for the seasons in our lives that help us to grow in spirit and understanding. Please give our hearts comfort and our minds relief in times of change, reminding us that You know what is best for us and will NOT give us anything we cannot handle, AMEN. 

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 

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 Another way to see things… 

We use our eyes to see all that this world has to offer. That’s part of being human. 

We are also equipped with another way to see. 

Our Spiritual nature inside of helps us to see in a different way. 

We cannot see the air we breathe, yet we take it for granted that it’s here. We naturally take it for granted that when we flip a light switch the light will come on and when we put the key into the ignition the car will start. 

This comes from FAITH. 

We learn by doing and by feeling. 

This is how we develop our spiritual eyes. 

Now it’s a fact that we all crawl before we walk. So, we cannot develop spiritual eyes overnight. Like the air we breathe, light switch, and the key in the ignition, we build up a continued and familiar experience over time that allows us to believe it will work. 

It’s the same with our faith. 

We have to build on it and grow it so that we can rely on it in times of uncertainty… 

Check your experience… 

“In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pg 70 

Lord open the eyes of our hearts through building and growing our faith in You and Your Word, AMEN. 

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 

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 Planting seeds in hard ground…

If you have ever gardened or worked with your yard, and especially if you live in Arizona, you learn 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. 

Now 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 in me and allow it space to grow 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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 Don't judge a book by its cover... 

Looks can be deceiving, especially when we allow our judgement to be based solely on what we initially see. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but I have shared before how my magic magnifying mind likes to trick me into trusting the ideas it generates on its own just for me. 

It pays to learn more of the story before we pass judgement. 

Years ago, when I was living and working at the Salvation Army, we had this very small man named Joe as one of our clients. He walked funny and had a hard time finding words so it was easy to pass him by as another needy and hopeless cause. 

However, as I got to know Joe and hang out with him, our friendship grew and I learned that before he had a stroke in his mid-20's from his drug addiction, he was a powerlifter in the gym and a college graduate with a promising career in engineering. 

Joe taught me and others to use the gym safely and encouraged me to get my college education and pursue God's calling on my life. 

I am glad I took the time to get to know Joe before he went home to the Lord a year later. He helped me a lot by speaking into my life as a friend and a guide. 

Any "Joe's" in your life where you don't know their story?.. 

Check your experience... 

"We let God be the final judge." Big Book pg 70

Lord open the eyes of our hearts so we can see those You send to us, AMEN. 

"Do not judge according to appearance" John 7:24 

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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 and 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 of 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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 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 42: 1-2

Have a blessed day y’all 

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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 inside 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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