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taking back surrender
Surrendering might be the most difficult thing. True surrender--the kind where you feel powerless and empowered at the same time. Powerless because everything you've believed, everything you've fought for and were convinced about, is being laid down. Empowered because surrendering is, in fact, an action. No one can force us into it. No one can make us put up our hands and wave a white flag, even if we convince ourselves we are out of options.Surrendering is an act of will. Our will. Despite obstacles, challenges, hurdles where we can't imagine a way through, surrendering is still a choice, a way forward.Surrender doesn't have to mean a step back.
how to not play the victim of your own life
"You think you're a victim. But you're not. You're actually okay. Everything's okay."Justin tells me this, in the maddening and awesome way that he does. My heart whispers, "Listen," even though my first impulse is to wish this all away.Really? Is this true? Have I believed I am a victim, God? How?I need God’s interpretation now, or none of this is going to make any sense.
Look up, my darling, look up.
When I hear Him, this space I’m in, at this plain wooden table, this window with the cobwebs at the corner of the metal screen, this soft rumble of washing machine, this smell of wet dog near my feet, I study the room, looking for clues for what is different.
All is different? No, all is the same.