Comments on: I Give Up

By: anna

anna — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:54 +0000

i need to let go of believing that its wrong for me to accept compliments, thats its not alrite for me to think that i’m more than capable at what i do and i do have days where i dont look too bad. for so long self-inflicted labels have just been who i am so much so that i’v been afraid of who i might be without them. but you no what, i’m covered in the blood, Jesus has saved me and day by day renews and restores, the adhesive i used is loses its grip and the labels wash away. i’m full on ok with that. i am not who i was, i am who i am the great I AM.

By: css

css — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:43:03 +0000

The tat is the Korean word for pray/prayer.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:38:14 +0000

this is random and off-topic, Los….but have you ever told what your left forearm tattoo is of? I don’t believe I’ve ever read any explanation, and I’ve always been curious.

Oh, and I need to let go of not trying to say “No” so I can love my wife like Christ loves the church.

By: Regina

Regina — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:36:38 +0000

Los, I stumbled upon your blog several weeks ago, and I’m so glad I did! I just wanted to let you know that you are are a huge encouragement. I dig the way you think, and the way you live. Keep it up.

By: css

css — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:29:27 +0000

May I remind you of your tattoo and what it says? pray! =) Simply a friendly reminder.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:15:44 +0000

@The Bishop:

having to let go of a church plant is a huge ouch. I saw my former pastors go through that and it is not an easy process. It almost feels like a divorce. However hard the decision, something will be resurrected on the other side of it. Just wanted to encourage you in your courage to make that decision.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:12:08 +0000

I need to Give Up on:

-pursuing music within the confines of what someone else set in place for me
-quite possibly a relationship
-expecting to get married any time soon, that doesn’t need to be anyone’s burden but God’s
-sabotaging myself creatively (thank you Jon Acuff for the celestial two by four called the War of Art).

By: nothteach

nothteach — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:47:21 +0000

About a month ago I had such a vivid dream – hanging on desperately at the bottom of a very long ladder and knowing there was a long way down to the “bottom” if i let go. a voice kept saying “jennifer, just let go, I’m here” and i kept saying “i can’t, i’m scared, i can’t, it’s too far, i’m scared” and still the voice calmly and firmly said back “jennifer, let go, I’m here, it’ll be okay, you HAVE to quit trying to be in control of EVERYTHING” and finally i let go and these strong loving arms wrapped around me and i KNEW it WAS and IS okay and will be okay. i try to remember to let God catch me, to let go of the stupid ladder and he’ll take care of the important stuff and i need to hear that voice in my heart.

i know that God was speaking to me through that dream and this is only the second time i’ve talked about this dream…weird and ashamed that i haven’t shared it more.

By: Jae

Jae — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:05:09 +0000

i need to give up “me” in “me”nistry.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:40:10 +0000

Good call dude. I’ve had to do this many, many times and it is never easy.

But to ‘keep trucking’ when it doesn’t make sense is really just pride.

Deep down, it’s the belief that God needs you to do this thing because nobody else is going to do it as well as you or the right way without you…

If God wanted you to be a part of this thing, then you would.

Obedience is always the way to go!