Desire for Control

I was struck today not by the comments of my friend Sister Pat, but by something that came after. One of the contributors to her community's newsletter stated that one of the reasons we cannot find peace in our walk with God is our desire to control. We expect everything and everyone around us to think, act and function according to our agenda. When they don't we proceed to make life miserable for everyone around us, and ultimately for ourselves. Because when the smoke clears and the dust settles, we are left with the realization that we've tried to deny a person's most basic freedom, the freedom to follow us or not, something God Himself would not do. Why? I think it comes down to to two words-pride and ego! The contributor went on to say that true peace comes from relinquishing control, and trusting that everything, even the stuff that hurts, or the stuff we don't like, ultimately comes from HIm!