Giving Up

If I took the time to think of all the good things that have ever happened to me, you being in my life would be at the top. We each have our issues and we each have our baggage, but none of that matters to me. You want and need things that I feel unqualified or unable to provide you with but you are more than that to me. None of my fears can keep me from you. I will fight for you, I will cry with you and I will continually seek after you. But I give up.

For you, I give up my fear of a future alone. For you, I give up the desires of a selfish heart. For you, I give up the loneliness that has kept me company these last few years. For you, I give up my anxious thoughts and my ignorance of the things to come. I give up my worry, my sorrow, my envy of others' happiness.

The reason I tell you this is not to frighten you or to cause you to stress. You do not have to be concerned. The thing is, I am not giving up to you. I am giving up for you and I am giving you up to Him. I had forgotten for a moment that you are not mine to have. You and your heart belong to another. He loves you more than I and more than I ever could. Because of that, I am offering you back to Him.

Remember who you belong to.