Trustful Surrender to God: how much is too much?

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And one would be considered extraordinary lucky t not die for some ridiculously unforeseen stupid reason ? And then what? count on God? Be thankful you’ve ate a few Wafers and drink some grape juice May the sound of a cross and iterated some prayers on the Rosary?

I do all of that believing it’s fully the body and blood of Jesus Christ 100%… Am I doing it out of resolute fear? Am I trusting surrendering to Divine Providence? Or am i surrendering to the utter stupidity, absurdity, oddity, and depravity of human life…?

It’s just tough questions that’s all… I’m not saying I have the answers… I’m just humbly where I’m not in control… In fact not only am I not in control… I would go as far as to say that life is completely out of control and that unknown author saying “the waway is there is no way”… perhaps all the more reasons to believe on Christ being the main person to ever say audaciously that he is the way the truth and the life?

Perhaps I’m just backed into a corner like I’m a scared little puppy crying for my daddy ? And that’s the only faith I have smaller than a mustard seed…
 
Some years back, when life-threatening illness struck, I was treated and beat the odds. When it immediately relapsed, I had a three month average life expectancy. I was to receive one final treatment and best wishes. I knew what that meant. As I pondered the situation, I decided to abandon everything to God. I gave up any and all claim to my life that I thought I had, any hope of life on this earth, placing myself as completely as possible into God’s hands.

The reply that I received was that He was waiting for me to “simply” trust Him. And, when I did, He handed my life back to me. It has been a roller coaster ever since, with two relapses, three cancers total (all three simultaneously) and essentially being killed for a stem cell transplant. I was given, by medical specialists, a guesstimate of a 0.5% chance of being alive as of three years ago.

All of this taught me that the more I let go, the more God provides.
 
Kindnessmatters said:
A little off topic but reading your response makes me wonder if you might have a vocation for the priesthood or deaconate.
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I’ve thought about it but I have a lot of debt and I have 2 kids. Plus I’ve been divorced even though I am waiting on an annulment. I always assumed it wasn’t for me since I was never “called.” But idk what being called even means.
 
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I often , in my mediation/diary, catch myself relinquishing so much to God, I wonder if others have this issue? how much is too much? Do you ever wonder “how am I giving UP so much control over my life to God?” Is this sane?
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If only I had your problem!
 
Through good times and bad, sickness health, poverty wealth…dare I say…I’m learning to trust God a bit more I think.

Call it out of non other options? Seeing the fleeting futility of all things otherwise.

Thanks for the thought provokingness
 
po18guy said:
Some years back, when life-threatening illness struck, I was treated and beat the odds. When it immediately relapsed, I had a three month average life expectancy. I was to receive one final treatment and best wishes. I knew what that meant. As I pondered the situation, I decided to abandon everything to God. I gave up any and all claim to my life that I thought I had, any hope of life on this earth, placing myself as completely as possible into God’s hands.

The reply that I received was that He was waiting for me to “simply” trust Him. And, when I did, He handed my life back to me. It has been a roller coaster ever since, with two relapses, three cancers total (all three simultaneously) and essentially being killed for a stem cell transplant. I was given, by medical specialists, a guesstimate of a 0.5% chance of being alive as of three years ago.

All of this taught me that the more I let go, the more God provides
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Nothing but respect
 
God is due the praise for His unbelievable grace.

Me? All it took was weakness to reveal His power. And we all have the necessary weakness.
 
I’m actually in a deep inspired resolution about what ur testimony is breeding in me. “We all have the necessary weakness”

I’m moving fwd in check with this. The check in my spirit is “O Christ, how can better respond to U, Alone, O Ancient beauty?” How ,in this life, ? O God, as u know me and all my weakness, as I can only surrender it, with all its endless adjectives of gross, debaucerous, sins of arrogance. ACCEPT MY FEAR OF YOU O GOD. O author and finisher of life, I ask I may not take back one vein in the muscle of my heart…Nor farthing of urs…

Grant that I may be further spared? I know un beyond blessed, and even lucky…o God…please accept my fear trembling…and hear my prayer for this fellow here now too reading this
 
It is not a clinging to this life. It is not necessarily even a desire for this life. It is a willingness to strengthen one’s relationship with God the Father; a self-abandonment, a leap into the spiritual abyss, knowing that the most loving hands that exist will catch you. It is not caring what happens as long as God’s will is done.

It is, not easy. It is rewarding beyond imagination.
 
Been out for a while and I can’t believe that you guys are still dwelling on this one topic.

But @Marek, thanks for your comment.
Not only did St. Agustin say that in Latin instead of English, but to share it here I had to jump through two other languages as my grandma didn’t speak either.

Funny, I didn’t even register this poster’s phrase as a revision of mine since what I wrote was correct in form and content –and almost identical. I was just scratching my head. Fluent in 4 languages and having been chief editor of a magazine in UK for years, I know a bit of editing myself… 😉

Anyhow, thanks for your kindness, and people, you really need to start another topic. Or I will.
 
I am late to the party; but have often used the phrase “God gave us brains for something more than keeping our ears apart”. We are called to act; not sit paralyzed by fear, or intimidation, or a false sense of relying on God to sort out our issues.

and granted that at times we simply don’t know what to do, we also can stew where simply doing something is not a matter of “doing the wrong thing” but rather, doing one of several good choices.

And I am fond of St. Augustine.
 
After my small group this am, at my local parish… called ‘that man is you’ program… I am left asking 'SUppose I had “TRUST”, would I then seek as much? or pray as if I NEEDED GODS’S GRACE? Is there then not some virtue in Doubt? AFterall , If I thought I had it all figured out, why then seek a God?
 
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