Grey Book Reflection
Gradually, as we become more and more God-centered than self centered, our despair turns to hope.
Gray Book, p. 147 (Chapter Nine, Lines 4-5)
For us, a big part of Surrendering is to Admit that we alone can't and don't try to do this on our own accord. This is part of what Anonymity means that God does for us what we can't do for ourselves, or for others for that matter. So, we don't take credit for our Recovery; we make the effort with each Step we take. We leave the results up to the God Of Our Own Understanding.
Chapter Five in our Basic Text tells us that the Program doesn't work if we adapt it into our Lives, that we must learn to adapt our Lives into the Program. This means that Narcotics Anonymous has to be at the center of our Lives. This same concept goes well with the God of Our Understanding.
Putting God Conscience before our own, protects us and others from ourselves. Hope can turn to despair if we don't follow it up with action. Daily practice of Spiritual Principles, turning it over to God's Will eventually makes life, people, and ourselves more Serene and acceptable.
It Frees us from self-centered fear because it gives us Hope. Hope and Faith becomes part of our New Way of Life.
At the end all will be well.
We won't put God into our Lives; We will put our Lives into God.