control and surrender...

Life is a delicate balance of control and surrender:

 

1)       control over how you treat people, yet surrendering their opinions of you

2)       control over what you sow into your marriage, but surrendering your wife/husband

3)       control over your fitness and nutrition yet surrendering your health

4)       control over the present yet surrendering your past and future

5)       control over your finances yet surrendering your security

6)       control over how much you trust God yet surrendering the outcome

7)       control over your belief and surrendering your doubt

8)   control over praying the "what" yet surrendering the "how" and "when"

9)       control over how you deal with your pain yet surrendering your brokenness

10)     control over your attitude yet surrendering your circumstances

 

and finally,

 

11)   control over your intimacy with God, yet surrendering to the insurmountable joy and peace that it will bring.

Comments

[Alisa Kim]

yes. i think there's also a tension between our freedom and God's sovereignty...