I give up. Not something a Texan should say, especially the son of my father. When I was ten my dad and I were putting down a new floor in a cabin we had at the ranch. It took quite a while, so I remember the experience. Years later when I was an adult my dad mentioned it. He pointed out that he had me hammering in the corners most of the time. I asked him why. He said, “So you would bust your knuckles.” Again I asked him why. He had a simple response. “To teach you not to quit.”
What I’m really talking about is surrender. I have learned a lot of important things in my life and shared many in this blog. The most important thing I’ve learned is when I surrender, I win. To me there is no greater paradox. The first thing I do when I wake in the morning is say to myself, I surrender. I’ll do that twice more in my routine before I ever start eating breakfast. I also watch this video once a week as a reminder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BelbAj-258
There are a few different components to my surrender process. To do them justice I will address them in separate posts. Jesus said in Matthew 16:24-25, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.”
This statement has been interpreted in many ways. I think Jesus was talking about self denial, which for me starts with surrender. He talked about that often in his ministry. My thoughts and desires are not the most important thing in my life. That helps me stay open to guidance from God, the divine, something bigger than myself. That’s the best I’m able to explain it. What I know is that it works for me in my life. I don’t consider the song Waterloo, by Abba, to be a hymn, but to me it’s just as meaningful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4 Being in a state of surrender is the most I can do.
May you have enough today, one moment at a time.
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