It’s not always easy to Surrender

Due to the current times of pandemic, isolation, and racial tension, there is an extreme nature for isolation to increase. Although some isolation is normal; there are many including myself, where isolation is/was becoming too comfortable! Which ultimately means you find yourself battling thoughts of things you may have overcome or losing hope.

When I think over my life there are many times, I wondered how am I still managing with a sane mind. Everyone says that we are not supposed to do life alone but what do you do when everyone around you abandons, disappoints, or treats you as if you are invisible. Or your mind stays stuck on what you used to be! Daughter to drug addicted parents, rape survivor, single mother never married, or maybe a drug dealer or person who went to jail. We all have a story or testimony. What is yours?

Now surrendering is not always an easy task! We all want control but there will be many occasions where we have no other choice but to change our mindset or focus. I can recall reading, Matthew 10:39 “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

It was then that God told me “I’ll tell you what you can do! You can SHIFT and seek me out. Matthew 6:33 states “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Once I began seeking God so many things became clear. I am no longer those things that people said or those circumstances that I didn’t have any control over. I had to learn the process to surrender all of those thoughts, feelings and circumstances over to God!