The 12-Step work I had done, the return to daily prolonged waiting upon the Lord, the eventual joining with Him in one spirit were the ways I was led to prepare the way of the Lord in my wilderness. In order to “lift the valleys” I had to raise my level of commitment. To bring “every mountain and hill low” I had to humble myself before the Lord. To make “straight and level the crooked and uneven” parts of my life character issues of integrity and self-honesty had to be faced. To make the “rough places plain” I had to allow the gentleness of Jesus to show in my dealings with others. These were
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