“When my way seems too hard, Lord, it really isn’t. You are with me. When my load feels too heavy, it’s not. You carry it. When my heart feels like it’s breaking into pieces, it isn’t. You are molding me. When I feel overwhelmed by the pressures of life, I’m really not. I’m at rest in you. You keep me in perfect peace when I trust in you, when all of my thoughts are fixed upon you. Letting go of who I have always believed myself to be, I reach for who you have created me to be. Starved for lasting joy and peace, I’m now ready to reach for the life and purpose you have chosen for me. Moving to the edge of what I have never had the courage to allow, I launch into the depths of what has been my uncertainty. One breath and one moment at a time, you form me, you fire me, and you fill me.”

Thursday, February 8, 2018

I Let Go


AN EXCERPT FROM A DEVOTION IN FORM ME, FIRE ME, FILL ME


Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
—Romans 12:2a (NLT)


What does it mean to be changed, Lord? I want to change, but so often, I am not willing to surrender control. Sometimes I don’t even know what binds me because I have denied the Holy Spirit complete access to my life. I am in bondage, unable to reach for freedom. I know the result of that bondage is anger, hurt, pain, and bitterness. What does it really mean to lay all of myself down? To let go of all of myself? To want only you, your peace, and your joy? I long to allow you, Holy Spirit, to change my attitude, my outlook, and the way I think. I yearn to give you access to my deepest feelings, emotions, and deep places I have held back from you. What I try to hide can never be hidden. What I try to change in my life in my own way and on my own strength can never be changed. You transform me when I allow it....

Copyright 2017 Lynn Lacher

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