Comments on: Michael Jackson Theology http://www.thejrowe.com/2010/03/11/michael-jackson-theology/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: This Recession is Changing Me | It's Complicated http://www.thejrowe.com/2010/03/11/michael-jackson-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 This Recession is Changing Me | It's Complicated Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:48:37 +0000 http://www.thejrowe.com/?p=764#comment-2712 [...] I’M LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME – I’m someone who enjoys longer-term planning, and feels comforted when all my ducks are in a row.  But as my friend Jason wrote recently, [...] [...] I’M LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME – I’m someone who enjoys longer-term planning, and feels comforted when all my ducks are in a row.  But as my friend Jason wrote recently, [...]

]]> By: Kim Quinn http://www.thejrowe.com/2010/03/11/michael-jackson-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-2693 Kim Quinn Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:21:44 +0000 http://www.thejrowe.com/?p=764#comment-2693 This is so important! My husband and I have been through about 6 years of trials, some fairly profound, others just annoying. One of the things I learned and am still learning is just what you have said here, just keep moving and trusting. We long for control, or at least our illusion of it. That "put your ducks in a row" tendancy is a manifestation of that desire. But when we learn to let God handle our "ducks and our rows" when we surrender control, it is wonderfully freeing. Because we are not in control of the circumstances we aren't responsible for the out come. We are only responsible for giving our best to the situation. God handles the outcome. And who better to do it?! This is so important! My husband and I have been through about 6 years of trials, some fairly profound, others just annoying. One of the things I learned and am still learning is just what you have said here, just keep moving and trusting.

We long for control, or at least our illusion of it. That "put your ducks in a row" tendancy is a manifestation of that desire. But when we learn to let God handle our "ducks and our rows" when we surrender control, it is wonderfully freeing. Because we are not in control of the circumstances we aren't responsible for the out come. We are only responsible for giving our best to the situation. God handles the outcome. And who better to do it?!

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