Life that really is life. …take hold of the life that really is life. (1 Timothy 6:19) Have you ever noticed how the world's understanding of a full life and scriptures understanding of fullness of life are different? The world tells us to strive, to fight, to win at any cost, because we deserve it. That somehow, we have earned it. The Bible on the other hand tells us to let go, to surrender, to lay down our will, so that God can give us fullness of life. Not because we've earned it, or that we deserve it. The irony is that letting go of the things of the world, the very things that are supposed indicators of a good life, enables us to take hold of life that truly is life. We surrender them to God's will and let Him decide how they might be used for His glory. What might you or I need to let go of in order take hold of the life that really is life.? Blessings, Matthew+ O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. | 
