01424 – Jesus Always Went where the Pain Was
Rohr, Richard

There is no side to take in the Twelve Step Program! It is not a worthiness contest.

There is only an absolutely necessary starting point! The experience of “powerlessness” is where we all must begin. And Alcoholics Anonymous (A. A.) is honest and humble enough to state this, just as Jesus himself always went where the pain was. Wherever there was human suffering, Jesus was concerned about it now, and about its healing now.

It is rather amazing and very sad that we pushed it all off into a future reward system for those who were “worthy.”

As if any of us are.

from Breathing Under Water

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