God's work through 12-step programs should be lauded
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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Q: What is dying like? -- Anonymous
A: We must begin asking what dying is like by unpacking the clue planted in the Bible. In Deuteronomy 34:5, we read, "So Moses, the servant of the Eternal, died there, in the land of Moab, at the command of the Eternal." In Hebrew this reads, al pi adonai, "by the mouth of God." From this clue legends arose that "by the mouth of God" meant that, as I wrote it, "God kissed Moses on the lips and took his breath away."
And that is what I think dying is like. So this is your weekly homework, dear readers. Write to me and tell me what you think dying is like.
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