Not gonna lie, giving my thoughts, actions and words to the Lord…surrendering who I believe I am to Him has been the most difficult and glorious thing I have ever attempted to do. I say attempted because I still struggle with it; though I attempt it everyday.

Why? You ask. I do it because it is only in submission that I can truly see the “me” God sees.  That is the “me” that He calls “blessed to be a blessing,” a member of a “royal priesthood,” part of a “peculiar people.” That is what we want to see when we look in the mirror…someone called and accepted by God.

When I see me through my own eyes, I see limitation, confinement, and inability. I get disappointed with that girl. I am critical of her, because I compare her to those with what I believe is more than her. It becomes a really bad mantra “never enough”…”never enough”…”never enough”…THEN…”STOP”! I hear my Savior, my Risen King say…”Stop. You are enough because I have made you enough and more than enough through my sacrifice and my love.”

…And I surrender all over again to the love and compassion of Him, who gave all for me… and YOU.

Surrender is not easy but it is worth it. He tells us that, “I know my thoughts toward you. They are thoughts of good and not evil…to give you an expected end.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

An “expected end.” He already knows how it ends. And He tells us to trust that the end of our story is only the beginning. Awesome.

…until next post, vw1.