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<p>My younger days of hard-headedness make surrendering to <a class="expresscurate_contentTags" href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/tag/god/">#God</a> so difficult. It&#8217;s not that I haven&#8217;t put my <a class="expresscurate_contentTags" href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/tag/trust/">#trust</a> in God many times. The times I have, he&#8217;s rewarded me with a <a href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/about/my-witness-chapter-vi-putting-in-on-the-line/">son</a>, a great place to live, a great parish and wonderful men to grow in faith with. But when it comes to my livelihood, surrendering to God has definitely been a struggle.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m not naive enough to realize that fear is at the heart of my struggle. What if I don&#8217;t succeed? Will the bills get paid? What will we have to sacrifice? How will I feel if it doesn&#8217;t work out? If I heard Him incorrectly?</p>
<p>What if I do succeed? The responsibility. The change that will come. The tests of my <a href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/2012/10/19/romans-7-st-paul-hate/">character</a>. The mistakes I&#8217;ll make along the way. How much time will I need to spend away from family?</p>
<p>The doubts are there also. I don&#8217;t have the skills. I&#8217;m too lazy. I won&#8217;t follow through. I&#8217;ll go too far in the wrong direction and have nothing to show for it. Nobody will listen to me. For so long, all these things have kept me from starting.</p>
<p>God has been leading me away from my present career little by little for awhile now. He&#8217;s been showing me things along the way. I&#8217;ve worked with Him some and fought with Him other times. Many changes need to be made, for the changes He wants to become reality. The biggest are inside me.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a song that&#8217;s been in my head lately and how appropriate for <a class="expresscurate_contentTags" href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/tag/struggles/">#struggles</a> like mine. If your struggles to find career happiness and work that matters are anything like mine, this may help you take those final steps too.</p>
<h3><b>A Song About Surrendering to God &#8211; Lift My Life Up</b></h3>
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<p style="text-align: center;">You brought me this far so why would I question You now</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You have provided so why would I start to doubt</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I&#8217;ve never been stranded, abandoned or left here to fight alone</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">So I&#8217;m giving You control</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I give it all in surrender</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my heart, lift my heart up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You can have it forever</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">All my dreams, all my plans</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lord I leave it in Your hands</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life upHave Your way in me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way in meIf peace is a river then let it sweep over me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">If I&#8217;m under fire I know it&#8217;s refining me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">When I hear You calling out I follow now wherever the road may go</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I know You&#8217;re leading me home</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I give it all in surrender</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my heart, lift my heart up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You can have it forever</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">All my dreams, all my plans</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lord I leave it in Your hands</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way in me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way in me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Take my life and let it be all for You</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Take my life and let it be all for You</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I give it all in surrender</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my heart, lift my heart up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Take my life)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I give it all in surrender</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Take my heart)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my heart, lift my heart up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You can have it forever</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">All my dreams, all my plans</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Lord I leave it in Your hands</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I lift my life, lift my life up</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way with me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way with me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way with me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Have Your way with me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Take my life and let it be all for You</p>
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