It's all good so far

I surrender all to You
The past the years to come right now
With every breath I bring to You
My hopes and fears and long discarded dreams
Take them from my trembling hands
Before I lose my nerve and change my mind
Tear to shreds my safety net
And rip up every back up plan I make

From Surrender by Karen Money –

Surrendering all that was, and is, and is to be to Your will. That is a tough challenge. It is easy to let go of our past sins and life. It is a little harder to give up things in the now, especially if we are comfortable with the now. There is a lot more uncertainty about surrendering control over the future.

The reading today from Deuteronomy has Moses reporting the following:

15 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God* that I am commanding you today, by loving the LORD your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

I can appreciate the fears and nerves in changing the back up plan to one of total faith and reliance on the Lord. To do this, requires me to live the way He wants me to live. That is what I am working on – through study, reflection, diet, and exercise, trying to live a more deliberate life.

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