Step 1
March 21, 2010 at 10:39 pm 1 comment
Admit that you, of yourself, are powerless to overcome your addictions and that your life has become unmanageable.
That is easy for me to do. I would imagine it is for many people, as it takes a certain amount of humility to even approach these steps.
Of value on a spiritual level is the principle of humility. We like to believe that we are great and wonderful, that we are important. But, as King Benjamin teaches us, we are all beggars. We owe all that we have and are to our Father in Heaven. This is not to say that we are insignificant, for we aren’t; what it is saying is that we are all equal before God in that we are all sinners, and that we are all dependent upon Him for every breath.
Until we are willing to be humble, willing to admit that we owe all that we are to something outside ourselves, we will continue to flounder and wander spiritually, just as we will in battling our demons.
Entry filed under: Religion. Tags: God, humility, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1. Sarah | March 29, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I think this is hard for humans in general to do! It takes humility to say that we need help in order to change ourselves for the better. It means leaving our pride behind and saying to Heavenly Father that we know we cannot do it by ourselves, but do, indeed, need his help to make the change.