Surrendered and it Feels So Good

Lent was a time of deep thinking and processing.

Holy Week was especially intense, but I got through it.

We are always to surrender our own will and desires to those of God, but sometimes that surrender comes more intensely during certain seasons and moments.  Contrary to what we may assume, our desires do not always conflict with God's, but sometimes surrender does mean that we must lay down our own ways of thinking and let God speak to us in ways that Sh/He can't when we're caught up in our own head.

I've felt a new sense of freedom after the last round of surrender.  It feels damn good, and in the words of my fiesty friend, "I'm so fucking happy!"

Really, though, when we follow through with our promise to Jesus, our promise that we'll follow him wherever he goes, we are released from our own limited capacities for joy and contentment.

1 Timothy 6:6-11New International Version (NIV)

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trapand into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Amen.