I tell you again, there is perfection in the design.
Nothing happens in life by accident. Nothing.
Nothing occurs in your life by chance. Nothing.
Nothing takes place without producing the opportunity for real and lasting benefit to you.
Nothing at all.
The perfection of every moment may not be apparent to you, yet that will make the moment
no less perfect. It will be no less a gift.
(12)Twelve
When I step back far enough to see the design, to see the beauty of the intricate and delicate
weavings in the fabric of my life, I am filled with gratitude.
That is the final step, the Seventh Step, in creating a friendship with God:
Thank God.
It is an almost automatic step. It is what naturally occurs, what naturally follows, if you
undertake Steps One through Six.
All your life you have not known God as God really is. Now you can.
All your life you have not trusted God as you wished you could. Now you can.
All your life you have not loved God as you’ve wanted to. Now you can.
All your life you have not embraced God with a close-ness that made God a very real part of
your experience. Now you can.
All your life you have not used God as you would use your best friend. Yet now, being as
close as you are, you know that you can.
All your life you have not helped God in a conscious way, because you did not know that God
wanted any help, and even if you did, you did not know how to give it. Now you do.
It is not your fault that you did not know God. How can you know one thing when everyone is
telling you another?
It is not your fault that you did not trust God. How can you trust that which you do not know?
It is not your fault that you did not love God. How can you love that which you do not trust?
It is not your fault that you did not embrace God. How can you embrace that which you do not
love?