surrendering all: past, present, and future

I MADE IT! I have been in Hampton Beach for six days now and I love it! The house is lovely and homey and the beach is gorgeous! This week I have been babysitting for some staff members while they prepare for project to start. It has been busy and tiring, which I have heard is just a foreshadowing for the rest of the summer, but I have been enjoying every minute. The rest of the students arrive on Tuesday and that’s when project really begins. During this week we will be getting to know each other and all of what project will entail. We will also be on the hunt for jobs, which will begin next Monday. I am incredibly excited to see what the Lord has in store for me over the next ten weeks! 

As I think about the ways this summer will change me, I have become aware of how many things in my life to which, for as much as my spirit wants to let go, my flesh is still holding on.  I believe that true freedom comes when we allow God to have control of everything; to let His will dictate every part of our lives. What happens so often is that I forget to trust Him, and worry rushes in about things from my past (that God has already forgiven), things in the present that I am dealing with, and my hopes and dreams for the future.

The song Getting Closer by the Bridge Band reminds me that God’s love and grace are sufficient for me; that He will “never love me less than the most anyone could.” There is a line in this song that I have decided to make my prayer for this summer, as I have the opportunity to choose to grow in the Lord or “keep on holding onto these [other] things.” The line says, “Jesus, show me how to be free, how to let go of these things that keep me from getting closer to you.” My prayer is to let go of my fleshly desires and cling to God’s will.