CHOICES (good or bad) IT'S OURS

How has everybody in the blogger world been doing? Good I hope! Me you might ask? I am doing very well, thanks for asking.It is only because I choose to do good and choose to do the things that make me feel good.
Suchas going to NA meetings,going to church, hanging around people that give a rip about me, going to work, and so forth. All these things make me feel good because I allow them to. Today I have a choice in what goes on in my life. Not to long ago I didn't that is because I allowed the drugs to rule my life. When I say rule my life that is exactly what they did,they where in controll of every area of my life, full control. Kinda like doing something against your will,like being forced to do things you didn't want to do,things I said I would never do. Ever since I surrendered (step one) to drugs and that lifestyle I have come to realize that I can make choices that are best for me. I now want what is best for Bernie"Mac" The God Of my understanding knows what is best for me so I must keep in contact with Him (Jesus) in order to do what is right. Sometimes it is not always easy but whoever said it would be? I don't mind the tough and hard times because that is when you grow if you so choose to, the choice is ours.
When I first started going to the NA meetings it was suggested that I change one thing. That onething was everything,when this was said to me I thougth there was no way but anything is possible for us, all we have to is beleive in this. If we rely on God anything is possible all we have to do is have Faith. The definition of Faith in the Bible says Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews11:1) We must have faith> That tells me that if I hope for A good future and do the best that I can do I can expect a good future. How simple is that? We must also pray that God will help us to make the right choices in our lives. It is just as easy to make the right choice as it is the wrong one. That is why we need help from each other and God of course. Every choice we make is an action and for every action there is a reaction. If we make the right choices we will have good reactions. The thing is we might not see it for a while sometimes. I pray that whoever reads this will ask God to help them make choices in thier lives. Sometimes we make the wrong choices,but that is ok we are only humans we are not perfect just try to learn from our mistakes. My mother just gave me something that a wonderful lady at her office gave to her to give to me it says "Preperation in the pass will give you confidence in the future to complete the task God has set before you. Today is our divine oppurtunity to accomplish all that God said we can accomplish for his glory. But the key words are(preperation with confidence.)May God continue to Bless and keep you in his holy care. I see you doing great things for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
What is so awesome about what she wrote is that she said God gave her that for me,how awesome is that?
I have a bunch of good friends in the NA meetings they all mean so much to me everyone of them help me in my recovery. I just hope I can help them someway someday. I know if I choose to keep going to the meetings oneday somebody will be able to take something I say home with them that will help them in thier recovery. I want to help others so much but first I must help myself. I have a good friend that I met at NA that was having a hard time yesterday because of his job. He had to ride with somebody at work yesterday that chose to do drugs while at work and around him he was pretty disturbed about the whole matter but he had a choice to stay with or leave this situation. He chose to stay and thank God he didn't do anything he shouldn't have but that will only last so long. Pray for this fellow to get a new job or to whatever it takes to do the right thing. I personally would have got out of that car wherever I was because I CANNOT be around that stuff or that kinda people. People that obviously don't care about you at all. Anything that interferes with me and my recovery has to go. I know that if I ever got in that kinda situation that I could get a ride from many, many people.People that want to help me in my recovery not harm it. When he told me what happened I started to get mad because we are in charge of our lives, he could have got away from the situation but he didn't he left his life in this active drug addicts hands how scary is that? Not me !!! I told him he needed to get a new job but that is his choice. Hopefully he will go job hunting. Or that other guy will get fired or something. Something has to change if not it is only one choice away for him and who knows what will happen. I know I must keep him in my prayers. God has so much more in store for us all.All we have to do is believe this and do our very best and all will be well. All we have to do is step out of our comfort zone. We cannot get comfortable with where we are we must continue to strive for more. It doesn't take anymore effort to believe and stay filled with faith than it takes to develop a negative attitude. We must get up every morning and say it is going to be a good day. And believe in Faith that it will be, no matter what might happen. we don't always understand why certain things are required of us in our recovery. When our sponsors or friends that have been in recovery longer than us tell us to stay away from certain friends and hangouts,or to avoid certain substances and situations,there is a good reason. Sponsors seem to to know far better than we do what can lead to a slip -not because they are godlike, but because they've experienced firsthand just how far we will go to deceive ourselves. They can usually see through our rationalizations, and won't hesitate to to give strong advice, even if it seems to cramp our style.
There is wisdom behind the consel of those who have been in recovering longer than we have. It isn't always what we want to hear,and we may not understand the reasons,but if we heed the instructions,our recovery will be strengthend.
I pray that God will help each and everyone of us to make the right choices in our lives not to go for that quick fix,help us to think about what we our doing before we do it. God I pray that we will look at our motives,our past history, and the potential consequences.
I guess I will go for now. Good to back on line again. I realized I didn't need to be comfortable with not blogging cause somebody out there needs to read what I have to say I just pray that God will direct them to my blog spot. I will try my best tyo make a couple entries a week ,so keep coming back,If you would like to the,CHOICE IS YOURS !!!

Whoever reads this just know that I love you and so does God!!!!

Don't forget it's up to us to Make the right CHOICE !!!If we don't no what is right than pray about it,if that don't work I suggest you just ask somebody that you know that cares about you. If not sure about that I DO CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU! KEEP THE FAITH THAT GOD HAS BIG THINGS INSTORE FOR YOU, BELIEVE IN THAT FAITH!!!