Holy Vulnerability by Kellye Fabian

Author:Kellye Fabian [Fabian, Kellye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, RELIGION / Christian Living / Personal Growth
Publisher: The Navigators
Published: 2021-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

Surrender Yourself

Another practice of surrender involves the actual turning over of ourselves—our bodies, yes, but also our self-image, ego, plans, control, attachments, loved ones, agenda, emotions. And our broken parts—shame, anxiety, and fear. All of it. All of us. This practice seeks to have the body do what the mind and heart desire—to let go and turn over to God’s love and care. In this process, we seek to express an inward desire by outward action, something that has a long history in our faith.

Close your hands in fists. As you grip them tightly, consider what your mind and heart are holding on to in a similar way. Maybe you’re clinging to several different things—your expectations about how your work life was going to go; the relationship you thought you’d have with your son, but you don’t; the shame about the pounds you’ve gained in the last couple of years. Notice the emotions you feel around whatever has arisen. Allow the ways you’ve tried to cope with these anxieties or disappointments or sins or missed expectations to come to mind. Your hands should be getting fatigued, tired of being held so tightly. This is the tiredness that your soul feels—tired of holding on and longing for a release.

Now, open your hands and allow your palms to face the floor. If you’re afraid to just drop everything, then squat down and place all that you’ve held on the ground. Let your relaxed hands speak your release of each thing you held so tightly. For example, “Father, I give you this anxiety about flying. I’m so tired of holding it. I’m letting it go and placing myself in your care.” This practice of release is something we’ll need to do often, especially if we pick everything we’ve dropped back up again.

Lastly, turn your hands over, palms up, in a posture of receiving, and receive into them these words of Jesus: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).

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