Dear God!

[MajestyJo]

Dear God,

I am powerless and my life is unmanageable without
your help and guidance. I come to you today because I
believe that You can restore and anew me to meet my
needs today.

Since I cannot manage my life and affairs, I have
decided to give them to You. I put my life, my will, my
thoughts, my desires and ambitions in Your hands.

I give You all of me: the good and the bad, the
character defects and shortcomings, my selfishness,
resentments and problems.

I know that You will work them out in accordance with
Your plan. Such as I am, take and use me in Your
service. Guide and direct my ways and show me what
to do for You.

I cannot control or change my friends or loved ones,
so I release them into Your care for Your loving hands to
do with as You will. Just keep me loving and free from
judging them. If they need changing, God You'll have to
do it; I can't.

Just make me willing and ready to be of service to You,
to have my shortcomings removed, and to do my best.

Help me to see how I have harmed others and make me
willing to make amends to them all. Keep me ever
mindful of thoughts and actions that harm myself and
others, and which separate me from Your light, love
and spirit. And when I commit these errors, make me
aware of them and help me to admit each one
promptly.

I am seeking to know You better, to love You more.
I am seeking the knowledge of Your will for me and the
power to carry it out.

Lord, teach me patience, and remind me that it is hard
work, but well worth the labor.

Guide me in all I do to remember that waiting is the
answer to some of my prayers, and that when I need
You, You will be there to help me.

~AMEN~

Taken from: As We Understand (pg. 214-215)

Always need to remember that my recovery is all about me and not the other person(s) in my life.

A spiritual adviser suggested that I pray and ask for what I need, and what I didn't need to be taken from me, which means, me willing to receive as well as letting go and letting God.

Another friend said, "Put it out to the Universe and see what you get back."