Surrender...

what are you supposed to do when your hopes, your wants, and your dreams are suddenly destroyed? you take years to build them up, and it takes seconds for them to fall. it's scary, but i've learned something through it... you can't build your life upon things that can't stand in a storm or even in a slight wind. So whats dependable in a world of nothingness? Christ. In reality, it's about surrender. Not a surrender that you feel forced to do necessarily, but a glad surrender. A surrender that is a declaration of your need for a Savior. It's all about letting go of your grip on the world and on your selfish wants and holdingthehandoftheMostHighGod. It's about giving up your old ways and letting God define you,letting Him lead you. It's about standing in a world that doesn't know how to do anything but crumble. It's about trading hopelessness for hope.

Surrender is about giving oneself up completely, not just parts. Its about letting go, not letting God pry your hands open. It's complete brokeness before Your Maker. Surrender is knowing your life is like glass shattered across a road...pieces everywhere. Maybe it's not about picking up the pieces as you go, but its about walking across it letting the hurt change you... yet leaving it all behind. It's holding His hand as you go letting Him dry your tears from the pain. Its something you have to do without any other person's help. It's being pressed on every side until your hopes, fears, dreams, and future flow out and land at the feet of Jesus. Its getting to the point that your mind seems to never understand His ways, and being completely content with that. Surrender is running into the arms that made the universe. Its realizing your nothingness compared to the infinite worth of the Maker of the mountains. Its like becoming a bird and letting God lift you up out of the nest that you've hid yourself in. It's becoming a child again... Maybe surrender doesn't happen over night... Maybe it's being so caught up in seeking God's face and heart that your own face and heart are the least of your worries. Maybe its finally understanding hope, freedom, and redemption. Maybe its looking in the mirror and not knowing who you are, but seeing parts of His face begins to help you discover yourself. its when the cry of your heart is to live for Him and to stand WITH Him and FOR Him. Its grasping justice and not just favoritism. Its about singing a song of life written just for you by the Creator and never missing a beat.