December 26

December 26 – AM          Page 56-57, We Agnostics, Chapter 4

“Who are you to say there is no God?”
This man recounts that he tumbled out of bed to his knees.  In a few seconds he was overwhelmed by a conviction of the Presence of God.  It poured over and through him with the certainty and majesty of a great tide at flood.  The barriers he had built through the years were swept away.  He stood in the Presence of Infinite Power and Love.  He had stepped from bridge to shore.  For the first time, he lived in conscious companionship with his Creator.
Thus was our friend’s cornerstone fixed in place.  No later vicissitude has shaken it. His alcoholic problem was taken away.  That very night, years ago, it disappeared.  Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.  Seemingly he could not drink even if he would. God had restored his sanity.
What is this but a miracle of healing?  Yet its elements are simple.  Circumstances made him willing to believe.  He humbly offered himself to his Maker—then he knew.
Even so has God restored us all to our right minds.  To this man, the revelation was sudden.  Some of us grow into it more slowly.  But He has come to all who have honestly sought Him.
When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us!

December 26 – PM          Page 102-103, Working With Others, Chapter 7

Many of us keep liquor in our homes.  We often need it to carry green recruits through a severe hangover.  Some of us still serve it to our friends provided they are not alcoholics.  But some of us think we should not serve liquor to anyone.  We never argue this question.  We feel that each family, in the light of their own circumstances, ought to decide for themselves.