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"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." ~Psalm 46:10

"You can't control the life in you.  It grows and emerges in its own time.  Be patient and nurture it with all your love and attentiveness.  Be still and cooperate with the mystery God is unfolding in you." ~Sue Monk Kidd

the journey fromclinging to letting gotakes a lot of couragebecause it requiresuncurling your gripfinger by finger
the price of refusingto let go of what you’redesperately holding ontocosts you the freedomof open hands
you can’t receivethe new and beautifulas long as you’re clinging tothe old and familiar
so be strong and take heartstop clinging and be free

darkness and lightresistance and desireclinging and letting gofear and faithwrestling between
tornmixedconflictedambivalenti am them all
Lord, have mercy

"Submit yourselves, then, to God." (James 4:7) 
Walking with God requires a movement from autonomy to submission.  We aren’t the ones in charge, he is.  He calls the shots, he sets the agenda, he determines the course.  Therefore, our lives must reflect that. 

But what does it look like to submit to God?  Th...

"I have come to bring fire on the earth,and how i wish it were already kindled."~Luke 12:49
there is a fire that burns withina fire that burns but does not consumea fire that purges and transformsa refining and purifying flamea divine presence that seizes the heart
it is not the fire of judgmentbut the fire of sanctificationa fire that brings li...