I wrote a few posts on that topic that I won’t repeat. “It isn’t enough to simply talk about equality. In a way, I’ve had to compartmentalize in order to function. He did not cling to life but gave it willingly, fully, in whole, in surrender and submission.And terrifying as it may be, it comes with a promise. Surrender is the means by which we receive salvation — surrendering our rights and our belief that we can save ourselves. Not since my son, Kyle, relapsed with leukemia.

Two more hospital stays and lots of clinic visits. Movie Review: When “I Still Believe” isn’t enough Posted on March 11, 2020 by rogerinorlando An inspirational Christian music romance runs into the limitations common to the faith-based genre in “I Still Believe,” a bland tear-jerker that lacks the drama or commitment to wholly come off. I’m surrendered, I told Him. My second was to shout out to God—Why this injury? “No matter what happens, I’ll be okay,” or “I don’t want anything other than what God wants for me.”But I found myself asking a friend, “Can I be surrendered and still want something? Today, I’m propped in bed with a broken ankle.

And it isn't enough to believe in it. Because whether we surrender or not, the outcome may be the same. The biggest reason I don’t blog anymore is because I don’t have anything to say. People make bad choices that affect others.

I vent. I was angry. He’s bigger than that. It isn't enough to talk about peace. Writing is letting emotion flow to build a story, whether that story is fiction or truth. You’re not a bad person. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego valued their lives and put their absolute trust in God’s ability to save them, but a higher trust was placed in God’s goodness and plan for them (Daniel 3).Jesus, the ultimate example of surrender, spent the night before his crucifixion weeping and sweating blood and asking God for another way. This site is a proud member of the Salem Web Network, a subsidiary of Copyright © 2020, Crosswalk.com. But what I’ve had to wrestle with was that my view of surrender (and my view of God) was incomplete.Following Jesus demands a surrendered life. If you don’t appreciate honesty and failing and a story that is still waiting for a happily-ever-after, you should probably stop reading. I whine and whimper. And yet, “Not my will, but yours be done.” Desire and obedience, hope and trust, petition and peace. So I have another laundry list we might consider together: What more do You want? I’m a writer. One must believe in it. Surrender is an act of love. So, if you’re standing where I am, you’re not alone. We cannot die with Christ to sin if we are on the respirator of our old life. All rights reserved. But it isn't useful for me to set up him as the racist and me as the not racist because that allows me to then exempt myself from any part of the problem. Circumstances of life felt out of control, my plans for my life were threatened, I couldn’t understand what was happening or why. And he did. In the seconds after I fell, my first reaction was a plea to rewind so I could step left instead of right. I hate not being able to help him. I hate being stuck and immobile and not able to fix everything.

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