♫♪ "I Surrender All ♪♫

The famous Hymn "I Surrender All" is a wonderful hymn.
I grew up singing the words, but never really understood what it meant.

Today I finally understand what it means to surrender everything to the Creator of the Universe and to the One who resides in my very soul.

It's my last semester at Northwest Nazarene University and I have been trying to attend chapel, especially when there are guest lecturers who bring a different perspective to the table and who speaks differently than the beloved Chaplain Gene. (Don't get me wrong, I love Gene, but I also love it when other people come and speak and open my mind even more.)

This week, Dr. Diane LeClerc from NNU's Theology Department (and currently the expert on Christian Holiness in the Nazarene tradition) is bring her series on Christian Holiness.

Today she challenged everyone who came for chapel, to give up everything--the good and the bad, to be in the right place with God and with Jesus.  She called us out to give up everything, to surrender everything, to pursue a life of following and serving God.

I have been struggling with this for a few years. I had given up most everything to follow Jesus. But He still was not number one in my life.

Today, I gave God everything: all my fears, my anxiety, my ADHD, my work, my school, my sins, my everything. I have not experienced so much peace and excitement in my soul in a very, very long time.

For those of you who want a deeper spiritual life with Christ. I encourage you to do the same.
Yes, I haven't live this part of life very long and we are human and I'm sure there will be times where I will let God down, but through God's ever present Grace, I know that with God's help and God's Grace, you can have the same feeling of peace as well. :)

Many blessings and peace.
Cody Marie Bolton