Thursday, October 2, 2014

All to Jesus I surrender

One of my favorite things to do (besides looking at my husbands backside in the picture above) is spending time at the ocean. We don't go much,  but when we do I can sit in the sand for hours and stare at the power of the waves and the amazement of how far the deep blue water goes in the distance. Everywhere I go I can see the beauty and power of the Lord in the things He created, but there is something about the ocean that just makes me speechless. When I'm starting at the waves crashing I feel like I'm able to see just a tiny itsy glimpse of God's power.

I have been struggling during this foster care/adoption process with Lay-Lay (I wont be using her
name) with the fear of losing her. My husband and I both knew that there was a huge possibility that we would lose her when we said "yes" to bringing her into our home. My prayer during this time has been "May the Lords will be done" but at times why do I find myself trying to take control of the situation. When life is easy and going great its easy for me to say "Lord you are in control!", but when life is confusing and tough I tend to place God in a box and say "ok, let me do this part.....this is how my life should be going right now."
I need to remember those times at the Ocean and reflect on How powerful, amazing and faithful our God is! Its common sense right?....to give control to the one that created the world and has been faithful and loving and is a fair and a just God. The one person that I trust my life with is definitely not me, its God! Its not easy to completely surrender your life to God but its what He commands and desires from us.
Ephesians 1:19-20 "I pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe Him. This is the same might power that raised Christ from the dead and seated Him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms."

Let God take the reigns of your life.......trust me....its for your own good:)  I know from past experience, the times when I tried to do it without God I failed.....big time.

So during this process with Lay-Lay I pray that I can practice what I preach. I will surrender her to the Lord. I know I will have my human nature of trying to take control of the situation, I just hope that I'm smart enough to remember that God has Lay-Lay and my family in His hands and He is going to do what is best for Lay-Lay....even if that means that we lose her. Its times like this that God is shaping us to be more and more like Christ.  God is a good God all the time! ALL THE TIME!

Yesterday, as I was struggling with my tendencies to take control a song came on the radio. I don't remember who sings it but it was a song with part of a hymn in it. That hymn was "All to Jesus I surrender". Goodness, did I need to hear that.

All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

    I surrender all,
      I surrender all.
    All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
        I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame.
Oh, the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!

I surrender ALL!

Blessings,
Danae



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