Shut Off from the Sunlight of the Spirit

 

Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying. ~ Hebrews 2:15 (New LivingTranslation)

But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die.  ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 66

Slaves to the fear of dying?
Maybe. But how about the fear
of living?
Talk about scary!
Death, I know. Death is living
in fear
in resentment.
But fear is not the end —
resentments can vanish —
Jesus sets us free,
recovery sets us free
to the sunlight of the Spirit
to live,
to life.

Thank you
for resentments prayed away,
for Spirit’s sunlight.