Last night I went to our second bible study at St. Paul's. There were only 5 of us attending. I had read the psalm and gospel and study questions but I still was brought to the most inspiring points by our group participation. I had been able to see some things from my personal study but could only see the most important things when we worked together.

When the moderator spoke about Catholic theology I realized that I was very well informed. When we did the study and were asked questions, I had very profound thoughts and things to share and even things I held back. When the moderator asked the lady with a mental disability to pray at the end, she prayed insightfully and without hesitation and powerfully in a way I can only aspire to do. "Out of the mouths of babes..."

Yesterday was my 4th year of sobriety date and my God given birthday.

The Gospel reading was Jesus' raising the son of the widow from the dead, which speaks to me of being restored from the death of addiction by God's power.

The Daily Reflectons reading was a great summary of the basic premise of spiritual healing in which I must relinquish my will fully.

Today I had to come home from work with a kidney stone.

I was in excruciating pain, I remembered to pray for God to help me. A little while later it stopped.

Later I was afraid about missing time at work. I must pray for him to remove my fear so I can better be the person he needs me to be.