{"id":434,"date":"2018-07-24T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T12:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/?page_id=434&lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:42:28","slug":"una-manera-de-orar-buscamos-a-traves-de-la-oracion-y-la-meditacion-mejorar-nuestro-contacto-consciente-con-dios-como-nosotros-lo-concebimos-pidiendole-solamente-que-nos-permitiese-conocer-su-volun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/una-manera-de-orar-buscamos-a-traves-de-la-oracion-y-la-meditacion-mejorar-nuestro-contacto-consciente-con-dios-como-nosotros-lo-concebimos-pidiendole-solamente-que-nos-permitiese-conocer-su-volun\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s Reflection August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digging For Faith<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Unless we find a connection with God, recovery eludes us. When we discover a faith that works in surrender, and start learning how to give, we get what we really needed all along; we make the only Connection that \u201csatisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.”(Recovery Continues 37).\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I spent years looking for God in the approval of parents, the admiration of friends, or the respect of teachers. I even looked for God in my marriage partner and then in the ordained ministry. I could not \u201cfind\u201d God anywhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I concluded that either God was not out there at all or was too distant to care about me. Therefore, I decided to take care of myself, be my own \u201cgod,\u201d and not rely on anyone else. Through sexually acting out, I became \u201cMaster of the Universe.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My arrogant thinking and insane behavior ultimately brought me to my knees and finally to SA. As I worked Step One, I admitted I was master of nothing, and \u201cgod\u201d only of my warped little world. In Step Two, I became more open-minded. This brought me to a place where I could make a decision to turn my will and life over to the God of my understanding in Step Three. It was in this Step that I found the Real Connection I had sought all along. No longer digging in the barren sands of sexual lust, I found a new, invigorating life filled with love, joy, and service to others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am so grateful for the SA Program that led me to the only One who could bring me to sanity and satisfy my longing soul.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Digging For Faith Unless we find a connection with God, recovery eludes us. When we discover a faith that works in surrender, and start learning how to give, we get what we really needed all along; we make the only Connection that \u201csatisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness.”(Recovery Continues 37).\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-featured-image","page-entry","loop-entry boxed clr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3917,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12676,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/12676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}