{"id":3485,"date":"2018-12-31T09:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2020-09-21T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:50:14","slug":"i-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/31\/i-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"I Give Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this new year &#8211;<em> I give up!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>My will<\/b> &#8211; for His.<br \/>\n<b>My need<\/b> to know why &#8211; for trust in His plan.<br \/>\n<b>My want<\/b> list &#8211; for His desire.<br \/>\n<b>My timetable<\/b> &#8211; for His timing.<\/p>\n<p>I am surrendering in a good way. God has heard my plea and reminded me again: <em><b>change begins in the heart.<\/b><\/em> Only He can do that kind of work.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s His alone to initiate. He will bring it to completion. I choose to be at peace with His pace and His progress. And remember just because I can\u2019t see what&#8217;s changing, He\u2019s <i>always<\/i>\u00a0working behind the scene. He has promised me, the outcome will be more than I could ask or think.<\/p>\n<p>No place will offer me a better view than here, at His feet&#8230; eyes fixed on Him&#8230; waiting expectantly for His will.<\/p>\n<p>What a good place to start <em>any<\/em> new year.<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3723.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3489\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3723.png?resize=640%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3723.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3723.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this new year &#8211; I give up! My will &#8211; for His. My need to know why &#8211; for trust in His plan. My want list &#8211; for His desire. My timetable &#8211; for His timing. I am surrendering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/31\/i-give-up\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1420,10],"tags":[472,913,840,869],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","category-trust","tag-letting-go","tag-new-years-resolution","tag-trust","tag-waiting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-Ud","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6193,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions\/6193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}