Render to Caesar....

"Render to Caesar what is Caesar's" 

It's Tax Day. 

I am sure it is a very busy day for my friend Karl Schwab and others who help us math deficient, procrastinating Americans to do our legal requirements by the deadline! 

This is a condition of being free and a citizen but in no way should we perceive our government as our Master. 

One quick look in the mirror of our lives will reveal what we choose to be our Master. 

Some of us through our habits choose the almighty dollar, others become slaves of sorts to material things, places, and or people. 

Folks it's only through Jesus that we can be truly free and gain eternal life though serving the only true Master...

Check your experience...

"Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. “How can I best serve Thee-Thy will (not mine) be done.” These are thoughts which must go with us constantly." Big Book pg. 83 

Lord let us respect our commitments to work and our country, but continue to train and remind our hearts that we only need to serve our one and only Master, AMEN. 

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other." Matthew 6:24 

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Stuff

 It ain't about the stuff we gain... 

Whoever dies with the most toys DOES NOT win. 

It's common practice for us to try to measure our success in ourselves and others by the size and amount of stuff we have. 

The problem with this standard is that it's an illusion of the truth. 

Whenever I find myself slipping back into this type of thinking I also tend to become less satisfied with what I already have as well as falsely base my happiness on the need to gain more stuff. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but my hope is that you are not measuring your worth to others and God based on the material stuff you have. 

God and others who really matter in our lives love us for who we are and not for what stuff we have...

Check your experience… 

"In the realm of the material, men's minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and all sorts of fixed ideas." Big Book pg. 51 

Lord, please let us see that our worth is based on what's in our hearts and not by the stuff we acquire, AMEN. 

"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." 1 Timothy 6:7

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Charity Begins at Home

Charity begins at home...

This is one of the best thought tools I have come to rely on over the years. 

The version I learned was phrased like this; 

"You can’t keep it unless you give it away." 

It's an action thought that has never failed me since I began my walk with Christ and in sobriety. 

Unless I am willing to help another, I am not in a true position to spiritually receive the gifts the Lord blesses me with. 

Now this doesn't mean we should give away everything we have, or start a crusade to end world homelessness, but ..

It does mean that each day we should open the eyes of our hearts to see how we can best be of service to someone around us...

Check your experience…. 

"Helping others is the foundation stone" Big Book pg. 97

 Lord, please open the eyes of our heart daily to see how we can best serve another, AMEN. 

 "…that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27 

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