Surrender

I'm giving you my heart, and all that is within
I lay it all down for the sake of you my King
I'm giving you my dreams, I'm laying down my rights
I'm giving up my pride for the promise of new life

And I surrender all to you, all to you
And I surrender all to you, all to you

I'm singing You this song, I'm waiting at the cross
And all the world holds dear, I count it all as loss
For the sake of knowing You for the glory of Your name
To know the lasting joy, even sharing in Your pain

What amazing words Lincoln Brewster writes in his song Surrender. They are so powerful. How is it that others can so often put my heart's emotions into words so precisely and I struggle with how to spell 'refrigerator?' Is it an o or and e - I never can remember? I so often feel like I can't say what I mean or mean what I say. However, I know when I'm standing in church reading/ singing these words, my heart longs to believe them, to live them, to allow them to change my path. My dreams, my rights, my pride...all such sticky subjects and not ones so easily given up to my Lord. But oh when I do! What a release! What a peace that I'm given in exchange!