Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.
I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.
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John Henry Newman
The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.
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C.s. Lewis
Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To...
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Jack Kerouac
Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you or whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you believe it has to...
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Toni Morrison
Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.
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Francine Rivers
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You don't blast a heart open, " she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.
