Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job—wife or no wife—we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1319-1321)
When I get my life straightened out
I'll turn to God. He couldn't like me now…
I don't even like myself. But when I get a job,
get my marriage straightened out,
get out of my addiction, then I'll be fine,
then I'll be worthy of having God bother.
And if I do it that way, I'll keep on keeping on
the way I've been going. If I have to clean it up
before I can give it to God, it will hold the filth,
smell to high heavens. But when I give up,
when I ditch the false pride, when I find bottom,
then a God willing to embrace me just the way I am
shows up to do for me what I could not do alone.
I'll turn to God. He couldn't like me now…
I don't even like myself. But when I get a job,
get my marriage straightened out,
get out of my addiction, then I'll be fine,
then I'll be worthy of having God bother.
And if I do it that way, I'll keep on keeping on
the way I've been going. If I have to clean it up
before I can give it to God, it will hold the filth,
smell to high heavens. But when I give up,
when I ditch the false pride, when I find bottom,
then a God willing to embrace me just the way I am
shows up to do for me what I could not do alone.
- Mind if I slog along with you?
No comments:
Post a Comment