Step 3. “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”

and the prayer,

Third Step Prayer ‘God, I offer myself to Thee – to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life.’

As these ‘pensees’, thoughts, move myself to, as an offering, a living sacrifice, I look to be cared for, to be built up and with, to be a witness of my higher power’s love for me.

my life, His witness.