Thursday evenings we are learning how to walk in recovery and how to discover our life with God. We meet at Mission Possible at 432 Powell Street in Vancouver at 7:30 pm. Last evening we began a new series of studies in the 12 Steps (From Alcoholics Anonymous) Step 1 teaches us: I am powerless over my addiction and my life has become unmanageable.
One of the stories in our discussion, along with scriptures from the Bible was the following:
The story has circulated on the internet for some time about a water carrier i
n India. He had two large water pots, each hung on an end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfect and delivered a full load of water each time. But the other pot was cracked and only brought half a load. The good pot was proud and the cracked pot felt sad and inferior. After a time the cracked pot apologized to the water carrier about this. The water carrier ask the pot to notice the flowers along the path where they walked every day and pointed out that the flowers only grew on the side of the path where the flawed water pot hung. The carrier had noticed the flaw early on and had used it to bring beauty that would otherwise have been impossible.It’s no surprise to God that we have problems in our lives – even huge overwhelming ones. God’s invitation to us is to recognize it ourselves, admit that things are no longer manageable and turn to Him for a new perspective.
We may not experience it immediately, but the promise is there for us, in the Bible and in the life of many others who are living successful lives in recovery today, that God can make something good out of even our broken and confusing life.
We asked ourselves the questions:
1. What is unmanageable in my life today? How am I powerless?
2. How is my life like a cracked and broken clay pot?
3. What can I do today to invite more of God's power and love into my life?
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