Let Go and Embrace Beautiful Surrender

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.Jeremiah 29:11

  I would read this over and over and it was head knowledge but I don't think I actually took it to heart... I guess you could say.  I was okay with the idea of Jesus having control over certain parts of my life and I wanted a piece or two for myself. Essentially I was saying to the Lord that I was okay with trusting Him with w, x, and y, but z, I wanted z, because well, I trusted myself more than the Lord. To write that sounds crazy, to say that out loud sounds crazy, but inside that's essentially what I was saying to the Lord through my actions, attitude, and heart, and He knew it.

  At encounter I surrendered my year to Him and asked Him to do whatever He wanted to with it, that I didn't want control over any part of it and then...for me the even scarier part of it was... to say to the Lord that He could have my heart. Surrendering according to Merriam Webster is:

"to give up completely "    Surrendering means to does not include adding a condition on something, but instead to give something over to the Lord 100%, not 99.99%.

   I was prideful, thinking I knew what was best for me, but when I surrendering, it was beautiful and the outcome is greater and so much more...beautiful...might be the word I'm looking for...okay so I'll go with that...its more beautiful and its just right, its more beautiful than anything I could have ever come up with on my own. Because really....what do I know?

   Surrendering and giving the Lord 100 % control is so awesome. The above ties into a part of my life that I was holding onto and was not surrendering to the Lord, but I am not going to post yet, somethings are mean to be shared and other lessons are whispered quietly from the Lord just for my heart and this one was for my heart only.  I will say that its liberating to let go of control...the above situation is part of a beautiful story that one day I will get to tell....but for right now, I'll leave you with a link to a video that I think best ties my thoughts and heart on this post together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSsRVQzUv6Q

Let go and embrace beautiful surrender.

Time With Jesus

 The world often sees valentines day as the worst day ever for single men and women. While Valentine's was absolutely lovely here. I spent time with my first love, the creator of love, and the One who died on the cross for me because He loves me so much. I spent time with the Lord in the word and in prayer for those girls and men who do not feel loved, were depressed, were contemplating suicide, and for believers, to wake up and realize that this is another great day, just like any other day that we can share about the Lord's love and how powerful and transforming it is. Believe it or not its a fact, the most suicides are committed on valentine's day, I pray that one day that fact, or statistic won't be true anymore. So from here on out, earthly view of valentine, "significant other" or not, I will continue to spend beautiful time with the Lord and in prayer.