http://bethstedman.com/2008/07/12/surrendering-sovereignty/ Sat, 12 May 2012 03:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bethstedman.com/2008/07/12/surrendering-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Rita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:38:38 +0000 http://bethstedman.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-137 I think many women have a problem with wanting to be in control. Maddona said she wanted to rule the world. I think that might have been Eve's issue. Maybe that is why the Lord said that Adam would rule over her. That must have really ticked her off. I definitly have found that I have this desire to control everything. I only realized it latetly. I had to and still have to learn to just let it go. Whatever I want or think I want, control of my relationships, my environment, I just have to learn to let it go. It's silly to think that I can actually control things. I have to keep telling myself, you cannot control what others do. But wouldn't you just love to? I think many women have a problem with wanting to be in control. Maddona said she wanted to rule the world. I think that might have been Eve’s issue. Maybe that is why the Lord said that Adam would rule over her. That must have really ticked her off. I definitly have found that I have this desire to control everything. I only realized it latetly. I had to and still have to learn to just let it go. Whatever I want or think I want, control of my relationships, my environment, I just have to learn to let it go. It’s silly to think that I can actually control things. I have to keep telling myself, you cannot control what others do. But wouldn’t you just love to?

]]> http://bethstedman.com/2008/07/12/surrendering-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Rita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:32:14 +0000 http://bethstedman.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-136 I think many women have a problem with wanting to be in control. Maddona said she wanted to rule the world. I think that might have been Eve's issue. Maybe that is why the Lord said that Adam would rule over her. That must have really ticked her off. I definitly have found that I have this desire to control everything. I only realized it latetly. I had to and still have to learn to just let it go. Whatever I want or think I want, control of my relationships, my environment, I just have to learn to let it go. It's silly to think that I can actually control things. I have to keep telling myself, you cannot control what others do. I think many women have a problem with wanting to be in control. Maddona said she wanted to rule the world. I think that might have been Eve’s issue. Maybe that is why the Lord said that Adam would rule over her. That must have really ticked her off. I definitly have found that I have this desire to control everything. I only realized it latetly. I had to and still have to learn to just let it go. Whatever I want or think I want, control of my relationships, my environment, I just have to learn to let it go. It’s silly to think that I can actually control things. I have to keep telling myself, you cannot control what others do.

]]> http://bethstedman.com/2008/07/12/surrendering-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-135 econmommy Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://bethstedman.wordpress.com/?p=223#comment-135 I've been there. For years, I led groups, encouraging authenticity, all the while, withholding the deepest, darkest parts of myself. Then, I couldn't bear the weight any longer. I was suffocating under the pressure of holding up the walls that surrounded me, and kept me from truly intimate relationships--and full redemption. When I finally began opening up, I found something amazing--people accepted me, even more than when I was simply the have-it-together perfectionist I had always been. Surrender is not easy...but it is so sweet. I’ve been there. For years, I led groups, encouraging authenticity, all the while, withholding the deepest, darkest parts of myself. Then, I couldn’t bear the weight any longer. I was suffocating under the pressure of holding up the walls that surrounded me, and kept me from truly intimate relationships–and full redemption. When I finally began opening up, I found something amazing–people accepted me, even more than when I was simply the have-it-together perfectionist I had always been. Surrender is not easy…but it is so sweet.

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