waving the white flag

For thirty-one in October I posted each and every day about surrender.

As the month ended I knew surrender never ends.

I have continued to learn, day by day

surrender means so much more than I first imagined.

I knew it meant letting go

letting God be God

Be still, let go, cease striving, relax and know that I Am God

Psalm 46:10

I knew it meant giving in

a daily laying down of rights, dreams, desires

before One Who knows and sees all

and has a much better plan than I could conjure.

Today as Bonnie asked us to ponder

what we are giving ourselves permission to be or to do

another form of surrender popped into my mind

when I can not accomplish a task on my own

I need to learn the art of giving up

for it is in my weakness He Is strong.

So I am giving myself permission

to wave the white flag

boldly and without fear

proclaiming my weakness

unashamed of my total dependence.

Without Him I can do nothing

but in Him

nothing is impossible.

Whatever I have, wherever I am, 

I can make it through anything 

in the One who makes me who I am.

Philippians 4:13 The Message

jamming with Bonnie