Fighting the Darkness

I awoke with a song "I Surrender" going through my mind.

I surrender, I surrender, I want to know You more...

Life has been hard and challenging at times, fighting the darkness

yet holding onto the light. There are days of wanting to curl up and hide, wanting to

stuff emotions down by eating too much of those tasty comfort foods. For years

I tried to be strong, trying to hold things together but it was in my strength not God's.

I lived in fear for too long. Fear of people, walking through life frozen, going through

the motions feeling like the real you is locked up inside afraid of trusting, of being

rejected and getting hurt. So the walls go up. Avoiding the hard stuff, being afraid, not letting people in and hiding is not living, it's just existing.

I am learning, although I think too slowly at times, to surrender and rest in Abba Father

who has all thing in His hands. Life is a constant battle. How we respond will tell how

we succeed. I am learning as I awake each morning to thank God and rejoice for this is

the day the Lord has made! I thank Abba Father for creating me, that I am His

beloved daughter and I stand in victory through Christ Jesus! That He is doing a good

work in me that will come to completion through Christ! Praise the Lord O my soul!

Gratitude, praising the Lord and knowing Him more by reading the Word is key to

overcoming the darkness and embracing the light. Beloved choose life and shine!

"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." James 4: 7-8a

"For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You." Psalm 86: 5