Sacred Surrendering

There are so many changes happening in life right now. It's just a little crazy. Part of me is a little excited for everything that is to come, for all that I know and trust God is going to do, for something new and different and challenging. Another part is completely heartbroken at everything I'm saying goodbye to. But that's how life goes, right? 

I can hear God's quiet whisper to my soul telling me to surrender it all to Him. To rest in His presence. To trust in His plan. To know that I must decrease. Everything that is about me must go away. Sometimes we are to surrender even the good things. Things that aren't sinful, or worldly, or even selfish. Sometimes we have to give those up too, in order for God's will to be done in His best way possible. That's hard. It hurts. But then we can give that heartache to God. More surrender, more trusting, more decreasing. All the while knowing that God is crafting a beautiful story out of our lives that brings glory to Him. I pray my life may be a pleasing offering to Him!

"Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with ashes!" Elisabeth Elliot