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 Jesus I surrender
I surrender all
These were the words rolling around in my head this morning when I woke up. Words from a song that was sung in church when I was growing up…words that have totally different meaning to me as I grow older. The second verse…
All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me Jesus
Take me now
Can I really do this? Can I surrender E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. to Him? Total. Surrender. Everything? ALL of it?
I think it is possible that a life of total surrender might have less worry, less frustration. Might even have less junk! For the most part, my attitude is one of acceptance…I am not in control, He is. He has a plan I do not see and I am good with that…but…TOTAL and COMPLETE SURRENDER…yielding my will to his 100% of the time. Isn’t that what a Christian should strive to attain? It think it probably is and I continue on my journey to completely and totally surrender my will and my life to him.
Thank you, Lord, for a peaceful and restful sleep, you know that I needed it. Thank you for this song that you put in my head. Please help me to willingly surrender my all to you…my time, my treasures, my talents…gifts from you to me, please help me use them to honor you. You have given me so much, thank you for all of it. Thank you for my family, please keep them safe and bless them. Lord, please be with my neighbor and all that she has going on. Care for her and her family, comfort her and give her peace.
I am asking you to pray with me for two special requests…one is a friends whose husband has experienced some head trauma and is scheduled for a delicate brain surgery on Friday. The other is for my neighbor…her husband has accepted a new job and already relocated, she is here trying to see their house. They have four little girls and the oldest is in first grade. The Lord put this family on my heart last year. I could feel him pushing me to reach out to them and I did, slowly I have gotten to know them. I have had the opportunity to minister to the them and help them in various ways. I have issued an invitation for her and the girls to join John & me at church the next Sunday we will be in town and she said yes. She put it on her calendar while I was standing there. I pray that the Lord sends a buyer for their home so their family can be together and I also pray that she and husband can renew their faith.
Thank you to Mary333 for my blog award.
Back to my theme for the day…surrender…not MY will, but His will…this I pray.
How about you? Do you find it hard to surrender all?
Yes, Mary B. It is what they call out of my control. I'm learning as age is taking over that it is alot easier to just say "Lord, I can't do it, I'll have to rest in you." Just wish I could have done this at an earlier age, I might not have made as many regrets.
Thanks for sharing what the Lord lays on your heart.
IN HIM,
Karen
It is hard to truly surrender, isn't it. I think sometimes I do but before I get 5 paces away, I have picked up what I have surrendered!
I will pray with you for your neighbor to see their house and for care for the mom as she is alone with her children.
I will also pray that God will give you opportunities to help them.
blessings
~a
I will be praying for both of those for you, Mary. I love that you are reaching out to your neighbors. I think it is so easy (especially in our culture) to just worry about our individual families, and not take the time to really cultivate relationships w/others, or share our faith.
Fully surrendering it all. That is something to give more thought to for sure. I want that. I'm not there yet, but it is my heart's desire.
Praying for you and all that concerns you. I also wanted to let you know i added you to the left sidebar on my blog. There is a section on the bottom left called "friends" ~ Have a super duper weekend!
What a lovely post. We all need to surrender. I can surrender easily but then I pick it right back up! Good for you in reaching put to your neighbor. I can't imagine 4 little ones and being by herself. She needs some support.
Hey Mary,
As you will be able to tell from my post tomorrow, it has been a crazy week this past week–still not feeling really well fron the heart issues and then the sudden death of Neil.
Surrender, yes, that is the answer and I pray to have a surrendering spirit. I will also pray for this family that you mentioned.
Always thinking about you,
love, d.