1.0Open Hands and Surrendered Hearthttps://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yd2uSNvCNb"><a href="https://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/2018/02/16/faith-trust-obedience-surrender/">Faith….Trust….Obedience….Surrender</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/2018/02/16/faith-trust-obedience-surrender/embed/#?secret=Yd2uSNvCNb" width="600" height="338" title="“Faith….Trust….Obedience….Surrender” — Open Hands and Surrendered Heart" data-secret="Yd2uSNvCNb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.covchurch.org/nahnychuk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> These four words have a whole new meaning, a whole new level of intensity to them for me. Since September I have been taught; no, am being taught, what they mean, how they now look and how my life is now being transformed by these words. Perhaps a future writing. Every day, every moment, I now live a life of complete and total surrender.  I no longer have all the details of this new life figured out and the ducks are definitely not in a row.  Normally, for myself, as soon as there is a door or window cracking open, my mind races and starts efficiently listing out all the ‘to do’s’ that will need to be done. Yes, even before the door is opened all the way the brain has the next steps in place.  Can anybody relate?  I am learning to wait for the door to be opened, not pushing it open or squeezing through when it’s only ajar, but fully open; then… to step through – faith – without a ‘to do’ list in place; and that’s ok.  I am learning to trust that what God has for me in the future is far greater than anything I could imagine.  Even if I don’t agree or like the fact that Max is not a physical part of […]https://gallery.mailchimp.com/c43a2dcd3b904c37e9bebf03e/images/1d0a4a86-30b6-4705-a059-4e4f4885453b.jpg