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to: MATRIKA
from: CHUCK BISESI
date: 1997-04-10 08:47:00
subject: Fears

Hi Matrika,
 M> re - fighting GOd's will less these days and looking more for
 M> his guidance - frankly I am afraid to look at what my Higher
 M> Power's will is for me these days.
I have been thinking about you message since I read it yesterday and I have 
to wonder how I would react if I had to face  some of the problems you are 
living with.  Fear is a very real human emotion and it is easy for me to sit 
back and tell you to put all in God's hands.  The truth is I don't know how I 
would react.
The only answer I have is on pages 83-84 of the BB.  Maybe it needs posting 
here.
"If we are painstaking in this phase of our development we will be amazed 
before we are half way theough.  We are going to know a new freedom and a new 
happiness.  We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.  We 
will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.  No matter how far 
down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit 
others.  That feelings of usefullness and self pity will disappear.  We will 
lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.  
Self-seeking will disappear.  Fear of people and economic insecurity will 
leave us.  We will intuitively know how to handle situations that used to 
baffle us.  We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could 
not do for ourselves."
Of course there is another statement that follows these promises that many 
people never read.  That is:
"This thought brings us to Step Ten,..."
God Bless
Make God laugh.  Tell him your plans for today.
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Chuck Bisesi
ChuckB@now-online.com
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