Narcotics Anonymous

Just For Today - Daily Email Service

   August 9                                                 The Power of love

    "We begin to see that God's love has been present all the time, just
                        waiting for us to accept it."

                                                            Basic Text, p. 46

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   God's love is the transforming power that drives our recovery.   With
   that love, we find freedom from the hopeless, desperate cycle of using,
   self-hatred, and more using.   With that love, we gain a sense of reason
   and purpose in our once purposeless lives.   With that love, we are given
   the inner direction and strength we need to begin a new way of life:  the
   NA way.  With that love, we begin to see things differently, as if with
   new eyes.

   As we examine our lives through the eyes of love, we make what may be a
   startling discovery:    The loving God we've so recently come to
   understand has always been with us and has always loved us.  We recall the
   times when we asked for the aid of a Higher Power and were given it.   We
   even recall times when we didn't ask for such help, yet were given it
   anyway.  We realize that a loving Higher Power has cared for us all along,
   preserving our lives till the day when we could accept that love for
   ourselves.

   The Power of love has been with us all along.  Today, we are grateful to
   have survived long enough to become consciously aware of that love's
   presence in our world and our lives.  Its vitality floods our very being,
   guiding our recovery and showing us how to live.

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   Just for today:  I  accept the love of a Higher Power in my life.  I  am
   conscious of that Power's guidance and strength within me.   Today, I
   claim it for my own.