And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Lord, I surrender my expectations to you. I surrender my best laid plans and ideas on how my life should be. I have concocted grand ideas on how I think the outcome of life issues should turn out, but Lord, I give these expectations to You.

Why do I continuously revisit this issue of mine–– my hangups with control and grand plans? I’m sure You are weary of me dragging up these thoughts and bringing them before Your throne.

I hear You saying to me: No, keep bringing them to me over and over until I work through it completely. Allow me to dig down to the root of your control issues and clean it out.

This takes time and constant focus through prayer, I know. But, Lord, I plead with You let your Holy Spirit work through my junk as I’m sick of constantly replaying them in my head.

Jesus I want to trust YOU and I want to see Your good in every situation, not what I expect to be “good.”