description on pages 60 – 62. If not, continue with…] Be sure to read pages 60 – 62. Unfortunately, we don’t have time to read the entire description the book gives us of the actor. Basically, the book tells us the requirements of the Third Step are) I have to be convinced that my life, run on my own self-will, can hardly be a success) I have to quit trying to run my life on my own self-will. I have to quit playing God. 3) I have to let God be God and let Him run my life. He knows better than I do. Now we’re ready to make our Third Step decision together. In the next paragraph they tell us what our decision is to be: “This is the how and the why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing God. [Why?] It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.” (page 62, ¶ This means We have to quit playing God We decide God is going to Direct us We decide to let God be the Boss and we’re his employees We decide that God is the Father and we’re his kids.
