Lay Me Down

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I am not good at waiting.  I guess because I grew up in the age of microwaves and instant everything.

I wish I could tell you that while I sit in the waiting room I am peacefully at rest, but that is not the case.

In actuality, I am more of a Sara type.  I want to make things happen at any cost.

I think God needs my help.

I know He is the Savior of the world in my head, but sometimes that doesn’t drop down to my heart.  So, I come up with contingency plans.

I think about what I can do differently and say better in hopes of changing things.

But then He puts me in a corner where I am helpless, and all of my scheming is unveiled.

He leaves me bare, and I realize that my way is lifeless.

When I demand my way, I end up with nothing.

I end up in the exact spot I feared to enter.

There in the darkness, I realize that I am not alone.  He speaks to me tenderly.   He woos me to His side with words of compassion.  He picks me up and lifts me out of the mire.

I lift up empty hands to Him and hope blooms again.

Maybe you are like me — reluctant to trust Him with everything.   Maybe you have schemed and tried to save yourself.

If you’ve landed in a dark place, I want to remind you that you don’t have to stay there.  You can offer up your pain and brokenness to Him.

You don’t have to be a Sara type.

Let’s choose differently.

I want to join in with Anna.  I want to take my grief and my loneliness and my shattered dreams and offer them up to Him.

I want to worship with reckless abandon day and night.

I want to persist in praise.

I want to keep looking forward with hope for my Salvation.

Lay me down, Lord.   Make my life an altar.   

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This year, my desire is to lift up holy hands and “Pray Big.”   Want to join me?  I’ve created a private “Pray Big” Facebook group for like-minded sisters to share their stories and surrender each one to our mountain-moving God in prayer.  Let’s cry out to God together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am sharing “I Surrender” and joining like-minded sisters at The Weekend Brew, Spiritual Sundays, Faith-Filled Friday, Thriving Thursday, Tell His Story, Coffee for Your Heart, Three-Word Wednesday, The Soli Deo Sisterhood, Testimony Tuesday, Purposeful Faith’s RaRaLinkup, Rich-Faith Rising, Sharing His Beauty, and Playdates with God.

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