Comments on: What does it mean to "turn it over to God"?

By: shalonda

shalonda — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:23:32 +0000

My spouse and I are having trouble getting and staying on the same page. I have spoke with wise people, but the betrayl I have expeirenced is so hard to get pass. I really love my spouse and want the marriage to work, but I am so busy being reactive that I cant be who God needs me to be.

By: Cori

Cori — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:35:31 +0000

I found out about turning it over to God when I joined AA. After struggling with drinking for a few years, my long-term marriage finally collapsed. I had been attending meetings for a year or so and couldn’t get this concept. When I found myself a divorced single mom, who hadn’t worked in 8 years, I was really scared. Of course I immediately started freaking out about finding my way back to my career after the 8 year absence, what was I going to do about retirement, etc. I worried about a lifetime of troubles all at the same time. Nothing was panning out for employment. Then I went back to turning it over or let go and let God. I swear within days of doing this by praying for God to show me the way, I finally got a call (after 6 months of NOTHING) from the temporary agency I had signed up with again. They offered me a temp job that was near my apartment and allowed me to get my son to school on-time. It gave me just enough money to take away the worry and to help me break back into the working world. I worked with a kind older lady who was willing to give me a chance. The job is done for now but I am trying other avenues and I know that something will pan out when I least expect it. I’m doing all the right things but I no longer demand my outcome and try to control it because God knows better than I! He gave me exactly what I needed instead of the crazy plan of what I thought I wanted! And that is enough for now!

By: Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:56:11 +0000

I like the stories that you were telling about wanting to find the right house near your Mom and so you turned it over to God and things seemed to work out for you.

I would like to start doing that, but I’m not sure how. I feel like I would be coping out of my own responsibility if I just turn things over to the “big guy”. You know what I mean?

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:44:08 +0000

It’s really funny that I found this “common sense” explanation to something that I really needed to know. I’m sorry to say that I don’t have an example to give since I’ve never truly done it, but I believe that this post, along with other things that are going on, will help me in this direction.

Thanks.

By: Jennifer Cz Peace Symbol

Jennifer Cz Peace Symbol — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:30:19 +0000

[...] What does it mean to "turn it over to God"? | Conversion Diary When I would receive advice like, “Jen you need to just turn it all over to God,” it kind of sounded like a bad idea. Being the dense person that I am, I took the statement a bit too literally. I thought that that would mean setting all reason aside and I am a cradle Catholic with a great love for Christ and His Church, but I am often, sometimes violently, plagued by fear and doubt. Your blog has been a great gift of hope for me. I love it! Thank you! Peace CZ [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:37:57 +0000

my job- footwork
God- results
peace and serentiy- seeking God's will and then aligning my will with God's.

It's just that simple.

By: AOS

AOS — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:08:00 +0000

What does them mean to anyone? One night I laid on my couch praying to God about my businesswe just lost because of the econmie and a bad business partner I thaught was my friend and was praying also about looseing my father at 11 years old as well I am 33 now asking why all the things where happening to me and asking God to show me he was real I was looseing faith or just wondering why this was all happening to me. well I feel asleep praying my first time ever doing so. I was a woke in the middle of the night but no noise from anything just awoke there was a man in all white robe white hiar and I belive I white beared stood there said nothing but I was not scared at all for some reason and then went right back to sleep might of seen him for 5 secs what do you think this means if you dont know it s ok email me aos.ads@gmail.com

By: kjrice

kjrice — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:07:00 +0000

WOW! I love the keeping the ultimate goal piece! That should be our goal in whatever endeavor we pursue.

By: shaun

shaun — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:33:00 +0000

I hesitate to post this, because it is a little different from where you're going with this but . . .

For reasons I won't explain, tonight I ended up following some links back to a post I wrote a long time ago. Not much later, I found your blog asking this question.

Seemed like maybe the Spirit was guiding this clicking around?

I hate to say it, but you kind of have to read the whole post for it to make sense, but here's the conclusion:

I have recently made a “re-alignment” in the way I pray that has made a huge difference to me. A common motto of those who pray is “give it to God,” as in “let go, let God.” This is a nice idea. But it is not one that ever clicked genuinely with me, as I never really felt that sense of peace that I had truly decided to let God steer the ship.

After some additional meditation training this summer, in a class on depression management, I came to try a different way of praying. I had an experience much like the “opening up” experiences I have had in yoga. I could see that in “giving it to God” I was pushing things away, trying to separate a person, a thing, a problem from myself and hand it off.

What I do now is “give it to God” through me. I use my “broken-open heart” as a doorway to the heart of Jesus. I embrace that person, thing, or problem that is causing me so much distress, because I know my heart can take it, and it can because behind it lay the heart of Jesus, which is big enough for every mistake, every hurt, every injustice.

When I pray this way I have that sense of lightness and openness that is at once new and like coming home. I have a closer understanding of what Jesus meant by saying “I leave you my peace.”

The main benefit of this for me is not so much that I got guidance or answer to prayer in a particular situation, but it that it changed my relationship to God from whiny child (I want! Give me!) to a more adult disciple. Not perfectly, of course, but the difference was huge!

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Have you heard, “Let go and let God”? In many ways it’s very similar to “turn it over to God” but that “let go” part is so difficult to me. Let go of the pain, let go of the old wounds, let go of the insecurities and fears?! How? And how long does that take? I still don’t know about all that. Do you?