A hymn for Sunday-
Surrender has been on my mind, a LOT, lately.
Surrender means so much more than just salvation, if we can ever use a qualifier like just when talking about salvation…
Surrender means so much more than asking Jesus to come into my heart…
Surrender means so much more than simply believing in Him.
So. Much. More.
I wrote those words last July. I was thinking about me and my life, surrendering more of me, and now I read them again thinking about surrendering more than me. Now I think about surrendering my son. Surrendering my oldest. Surrendering control of this situation, control that I did not have in the first place.
It’s all out of my hands, and that’s a hard place to be as a mother. Yet, in many ways, it’s the best place to be…
I Surrender All
All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
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I surrender all,
I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
(Do I? Do I really? Do I freely? Do I daily?)
All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
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All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit-
Truly know that Thou art mine.
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All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessings fall on me.
CHORUS
*from the archives, reposted, slightly edited
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Ali, thank you this post. It is exactly what I needed to read today.
I am praying for you and your family. Surrender is not giving up, it is trusting God and His mighty love for you. You can never go wrong when you you surrender all. Love you!!!
Never giving up hope, never giving up faith, but giving up control, or the need to control, the desire to control… and yes, trusting, fully, in His love, His goodness, His grace, and His mercy!!
Oh, Marsha, love you too!
i love this song, I am praying for you this week,
Keeping your family in prayer…
The Lord has been dealing with me about the very same thing on a smaller scale (or maybe less severe). Sick kids, husband out of work, in between pastorates with no openings in sight, living in borrowed housing…no insurance…did I mention no job? And through it all He has been faithful. He’s also been teaching me to be thankful for all the little things that I so often overlook and to surrender MY wants to HIS will. Sometimes that is a hard lesson to learn.
Have been praying for you and will continue to do so.