A lot of people who are angry and have given up on God wanted a Christmas Card god. Christmas cards are full of nice pictures, sweet scenes, baby and angels, happy parents. Everything is going well. That is the god a lot of people want. They want their god to make everything go well, in the direction they think is “well.” No one ever sends out Good Friday cards. They are too gruesome. Lots of suffering and pain. No one likes suffering and pain, even if that is the only way to transformation. If Recovery programs and the 12 steps were all that easy, many more addicts would jump on them. If Christianity were always Christmas, there would be a lot more church going Christians, and a lot more believers. Even Zen says that you will suffer first. Lots of people want the airy buzz but do not want to do the hard, daily, boring at times, work for transformation.
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The gift of sobriety is maintained by showing up for meditation, prayer, and practicing the principles in all our affairs. When practiced daily, no matter what, the gift of sobriety seems to keep showing up, too. I wouldn't trade it for the world. ❤️
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