I read this today, "You probably know what you have been afraid to entrust to God". Well of course, but the real question is why am I afraid? Why do I want to hold on to anything at all.

" When we surrender our fear, we are offering it to Jesus. We are saying, “This fear is too much fear for me to bear. I give it to you because I believe you are good and worthy of my trust.” When we actively, by faith, lay down our fears at the feet of Jesus, we pick up his love in return. It is an uneven trade, a heavenly exchange…"

It is an almost unbearable lightness, a heavenly bungee jump!

"Laying down what we want to protect or are afraid of losing or are terrified we will never have is not the same thing as losing those things. It is surrendering them" .

Laying it at the feet of Jesus.


" It is opening up our clenched hand around them and allowing God access to them and to us."

Oh but first I need to identify them honestly.....that may be where the game is played, in my subconscious thoughts. First I need to ask Him what it is I am holding back. Then only after I have walked through all those piles of stuff, then only then I can surrender

"It is actually saying yes to God for them. "
Yes to my children, and the choices they make that I don't like, specifically why do they want to own guns and weapons, why a motorcycle, why keep eating ridiculous amounts of food and not even trying to exercise?

"I can sayYes to his plan. Yes to his way. It is believing that just as his ways are higher than the heavens are above the earth, so his way for the things we fear for is higher."


For my grandchildren are they watched closely enough, do they have enough freedom, are they being allowed to be creative, are they safe, are they fearful, how will I endure missing them? What if I don't see them again?

"This God of ours is a God of life, of goodness. He is the God of the Resurrection. We lay down our fear".

Face Everything And Recover.....

"We pick up Jesus. He is the only way we can live beyond fear. He is the Way."