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He is the origin of all things...there is nothing outside or beyond
Him, and with Him is the power of life, of death. The source of all
thought, reflection, and memories: There is nothing outside His
jurisdiction, all things are His. The Great Spirit may be more than
personal. He cannot be less. To-Te-Pukenga Maori One night, when
confined in a hospital, he was approached by an alcoholic who had known a
spiritual experience. Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out:
"If there is a God, He certainly hasn't done anything for me!" But later,
alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is it possible that
all the religious people I have known are wrong?" While pondering the
answer he felt as though he lived in hell. Then, like a thunderbolt, a
great thought came. It crowded out all else: "Who are you to say there is no
God?" This man recounts
that he tumbled out of bed to his knees. In a few seconds he was
overwhelmed by a conviction of the Presence of God. It poured over and
through him with the certainty and majesty of a great tide at flood.
The barriers he had built through the years were swept away. He stood in
the Presence of Infinite Power and Love. He had stepped from the bridge to
shore. For the first time, he lived in conscious companionship with his
Creator. Big Book
pg. 56 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Creator let me see you in all things.
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