This is a writing from a couple of years ago…
Flashback
In August of 1987, when I was about two weeks sober, reality hit me square in the face as I concluded I would never practice pharmacy again.
My addiction disorder had turned me into a thief and a liar, and my entire professional future was in the hands of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
As much as losing my Pharmacy license killed me, I began thinking about what jobs I could work to take care of my family once I got out of jail. I knew I was projecting, but I saw no possibility of maintaining my pharmacy license.
My AA sponsors kept telling me to put my future in God’s hands and focus on doing the next right thing daily.
I listened as I began to turn my future over to God on at least a daily basis.
After a couple of years, all charges were dropped against me, and I continued my career as a pharmacist, and the rest is history.
Facts
From the world’s point of view, I was sure I was guaranteed to lose my license.
From God’s point of view, He obviously saw possibilities that I could not fathom.
The biggest lesson I learned through all of this is that God’s reality is not the same as ours. I quit paying attention to the world’s “limits” and “guarantees” many years ago.
Today I focus on possibilities because of Him.
I humbly present this story as His representative for those who don’t believe His words in Matthew 19:26, “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (NIV)
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
