LITTLE THINGS LIKE ASKING FOR HELP –
“Humbly asking for the removal of our shortcomings means we are giving complete license to that loving Power to work in our lives, believing that God’s [or your H.P.’s] wisdom far exceeds our own.” “We ask for help because we cannot do it alone.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 49)
BEING WILLING IS ONE SUCH LITTLE THING –
“The whole emphasis of Step Seven is on humility. Its really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings … .” (12 &12, p. 76)
“Do little things now; so big things shall come to thee by and by asking to be done.”
– Persian Proverb
Help – The Beatles (2:14)
The Answers Will Come Collier Meditation (8:59)
What little things have you done to aid in the removal of your own shortcomings?
1 Kings 17:13 – 14
“Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.'”
The little things can appear huge if I have not done them before. My daughters got my grandson a video to help with his potty training. Grover (Sesame Street) broke down learning to use the toilet into several bite-size pieces: 1) everyone gets potty trained, sooner or later; 2) you have to just keep on trying; 3) listen to your body; 4) there are steps to using the potty: pull down your pants, use the potty, use paper to wipe yourself, flush the toilet, wash your hands…etc. I had never thought of the process as being multi-layered, but it is. And finding the bite-sized pieces can make any task doable.