Resentment Prayer

The “resentment prayer” on page 66-67 is a noble sounding prayer, as are most prayers, but in order for the spiritual effect of the prayer to be at all effective, I have to first be very aware of what is in my inventory.

By the time we are doing our fourth step we are supposed to be seeing ourselves in a light which we perhaps have never seen. We are looking at all of the things which have caused us to have great negative, emotional responses which have been burning us up, causing us to harm others, being so self absorbed that we are necessarily blocked off from God.

When I viewed these honestly, thoroughly in black and white, there was an overwhelming and clear preponderance of evidence that they ALL point to my defects. We have indeed gotten the ball rolling. It cannot be argued, the facts overpower the excuses.

When this was revealed to me, it became impossible to continue hating someone for character defects I myself also have. I was able to have compassion and even become willing to come helpful to them. I was forgiving them THEIR trespasses at the same time that I was realizing forgiveness for mine. The key is the realization that they, like ourselves, were sick too. (67:0)

Peace,

Danny S