Resentment

I need to remember to put ________ in my God box & then do the resentment prayer on them to rid myself of the nasty attitude that tends to slip out. I also have to place ______ & ______ on my list because I do NOT like the way my mouth snaps @ them. I have to always remember to treat them w/ kindness & not lash out @ them because they are spiritually sick. I am not going to frustrate myself or attack them because they aren't doing it MY way. I have to always keep in my heart @ all times that they are sick & don't have a program to teach them a better way of life.

As for those in program, God box, God box, God box.... LOL! Let God take it for today 'cause I sure don't want to end up in the news for snapping their heads off. Hahaha!!! I want to maintain my serenity, live in acceptance & bury all my resentments.

I need to journal on my resentment w/ ____ 'cause she totally PISSED me the EFF OFF!!! Then I remembered _____ is sick & still in the cyclone of the disease that is making ____ a freakin' whack job. Geez... I feel better. LOL!


So, here we go...


My version:


Heavenly Father,


I am imperfect & tend to have way too many expectations. I want things to go my way & that often leads to chaos. God, please relieve me from the chains that keep me stuck in the muck & mire. I just need you to take every ounce of my anger, frustration & irritation @ ______ & wish them all the beauty, compassion, courage, health, happiness, laughter, love & prosperity I desire for myself. Please, God, allow me to find & know absolute serenity. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your love, strength & understanding in handling this resentment. Lead me to victory.


Amen


The BB version:


Dear God, I have a resentment towards a person that I want to be free of. So, I am asking you to give this person everything I want for myself. Help me to feel compassionate understanding and love for this person. I pray that they will receive everything they need. Thank you God for your help and strength with this resentment. (BB, Freedom from Bondage: 552)

These instructions are for the above prayer (Big Book, Freedom from Bondage, p. 552): 'If you have a resentment you want to be free of, if you will pray for the person or the thing that you resent, you will be free. If you will ask in prayer for everything you want for yourself to be given to them, you will be free...Even when you don't really want it for them, and your prayers are only words and you don't mean it, go ahead and do it anyway. Do it every day for two weeks and you will find you have come to mean it and to want it for them, and you will realize that where you used to feel bitterness and resentment and hatred, you now feel compassionate understanding and love.'

You can, also, include the Freedom from Bondage Prayer in the 4th Step Resentment Prayer.