I read once that surrender is what happens when God hands you a blank piece of paper with a space for you to sign your name at the bottom and then you hand it back to him to fill in as he wills.

Dear Lord, I know your ways are perfect and your plans are far better than my own. Make me brave to stand up and take hold of what you’ve put within my reach. And compel me to stand by when you actually want me to wait while you work. Today, I confess the areas where I am tempted to take control of people and situations that I need to fully

How pervasive is the issue of control? Do you think it’s something everyone deals with? Or are some people “cured” of the desire to control?