Comments on: Can You Let Go of How You Want Life to Be, and Accept Life as It Is?

By: Barb Hegreberg

Barb Hegreberg — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:43:07 +0000

Ever since I first read this, Can You Let Go of How You Want Life to Be, and Accept Life as It Is?” I have had to confront how often I don’t let things go. Instead, I wallow in or whine about things that I don’t like or have no control over. Ugh!
I know this is sin, but somehow I can’t stop myself. Fortunately, there are people in my life who help me snap out of it!

You, my friend, are one of those people! Thank you!

By: Lory @ Entering the Enchanted Castle

Lory @ Entering the Enchanted Castle — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:21:29 +0000

Wow, Lisa, this post basically encapsulates what my entire life has been about. Especially this: “we often get too far ahead of ourselves in our rush for improvement.” Guilty as charged! I spent too many decades doing this, then concluding that my failure meant that I was a failure, it was impossible, etc. But I have learned that that is not true. My focus now is on quelling my instinct to run away, deny, deflect, cover up, etc. as soon as I sense something is wrong, and instead spend time actually understanding what is wrong before trying to change it. If I don’t do that, then I find I am likely to produce opposite but equally harmful results, and/or just repeat or perpetuate the thing I have not really penetrated with understanding. So I will keep telling myself to “face it first, move forward second” — thank you for that pithy reminder!

By: Donna B Reidland

Donna B Reidland — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:25:36 +0000

Trusting God and His timing is so needful if we are to live contented lives, isn’t it? I appreciate the thoughts shared here. We can be pressing forward yet peaceful and contented with where we are at the moment.

By: Sunita Saldhana

Sunita Saldhana — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:55:57 +0000

A thought provoking post indeed. It makes a lot of sense though, to accept before you change.

By: Barb Hegreberg

Barb Hegreberg — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:43:36 +0000

Stopping by from the June One Word Linkup. I find something new everytime I read this!

Ultimately I need to embrace things as they are, pray for guidance, and follow God’s lead!

By: ~ linda

~ linda — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:26:07 +0000

When I am in doubt, in fear, in unknown territory, in uncomfortable circumstances, my initial response is to RUN! Turning to face the way things are has always been tough for me, although I have stayed put and faced the music. I was to be able to release the NOW to God, knowing He has me in HIs arms, in His hands. Thank you for giving me some food on which to stand still.

By: Michele Morin

Michele Morin — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:04:06 +0000

What I am hearing is a call to live in the present moment with full realization that I do not control the future. This seems to be a year for us all to embrace hope without Pollyanna-ish denial of the brutal facts.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:01:34 +0000

This is such a powerful post, Lisa. Thank you. Facing the reality of a situation and also facing the reality that there are some things we can’t change no matter how much we try can be so hard. May God give us grace to be content leaving things in His hands and to move forward one step at a time with His guidance! Love and blessings of strength and peace to you!

By: Lois Flowers

Lois Flowers — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:54:43 +0000

Lisa, as I read this, I realized that there’s a difference between contentment and complacency. In my mind, the latter implies a lack of care and concern, while the former indicates acceptance without negating the possibility of or need for future change. I also appreciate the idea that acceptance is facing reality and moving forward from there, rather than avoiding or denying it. Thought-provoking post, my friend.

By: David

David — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:49:17 +0000

This is so true — facing and accepting reality is the first step to understanding, and to being a part of reality’s improvement. And it is so difficult to accept at times — the state of the world, local relationships, the state of myself even. Difficult to face let alone accept.

The alternative is ultimately worse though: refusing to accept means turning away from the possibility of understanding, which is only going to take us downhill.

Facing (thank you btw 😉 and accepting might also mean finding and accepting our Lord’s part in the situation. I recall the exchange in John 9:2-3:

2 … His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. …”