The Lord is My Sponsor

My pastor here in Reno, Nevada has  recently given some dynamite sermons based on the 12 Step Program. The 12 Steps aren't just for alcoholics and drug addicts, they are for anyone who has experienced brokeness be it sexual, physical, emotional, or spiritual (I think that covers most of us) and are biblical inside and out. The following rendition of the 23rd Psalm impressed me enough to want to share it with the HeavenlySanctuary.com family:

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

The Lord is my Sponsor; I shall not want. He maketh me to go to many meetings.  He leadeth me to sit back, relax, and listen with an open mind; He restoreth my soul, my sanity, and my health; He leadeth me in the paths of Sobriety, Serenity, and Fellowship for mine own sake. He teacheth me to think, to take it easy, to live and let live, and to do first things first. He maketh me honest, humble, and grateful; He teacheth me to accept the things I cannot change, to change the things that I can, and giveth me the wisdom to know the difference.  Yea though I walk through the valley of despair, frustration, guilt, and remorse I will fear no evil: For Thou art with me:  Thy program, Thy way of life, Thy twelve steps. They comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies -rationalization, fear, anxiety, self-pity, and resentment: Thou anointest  my confused mind and jangled nerves with knowledge, understanding, and hope: No longer am I alone, neither am I afraid, nor sick, nor helpless, nor hopeless: My cup runneth over. Surely Sobriety and serenity shall follow me every day of my life, twenty-four hours at a time: as I surrender my will to Thine and carry Thy message to others: and I will dwell in the house of my Higher Power, as I understand Him, daily, for ever and ever Amen.

--Author Anonymous