Mediatation
Crutches
14/Jul/08 Filed in: Mediatation
| Prayer
When I came into recovery, I thought this prayer
and mediation stuff was a crutch for weak people
who couldn't stand on their own, and I said so.
My sponsor, quite calmly, asked me, "So what's
wrong with crutches? Don't we need help when
we're hurt?"
Well, I decided to try to keep an open mind. I tried talking to God, and I tried listening for Him. I haven't had the experience of hearing His voice speaking to me in words that I can understand, but I have begun to feel that I am being helped and cared for. I have more confidence in knowing which way to go or what thing to do. I'm not all better, but I hurt less.
Maybe I do need those crutches.
Well, I decided to try to keep an open mind. I tried talking to God, and I tried listening for Him. I haven't had the experience of hearing His voice speaking to me in words that I can understand, but I have begun to feel that I am being helped and cared for. I have more confidence in knowing which way to go or what thing to do. I'm not all better, but I hurt less.
Maybe I do need those crutches.
—Anonymous