10. I didn’t need God in my life. I was in charge, and I lived the consequences for the next 20 years.
9. I knew better than God.
8. It was my wife or me, the kids or me, God or me. Sadly, each time I chose me.
7. It took me 40 years to get to the end of myself and ask Jesus to be Lord of my life.
6. The belief is so simple I almost missed it: Trust God, not yourself. Why would I even want to go back to trusting me?
5. When God doesn’t have anything to say, get comfortable not having an answer. The break isn’t something you did. It is something He did.
4. God is not a screamer or a chest-poker. He is there all the time, waiting for me to be ready to listen.
3. God never called me to anything in my life that I failed at. I always succeed when I do God’s will for my life and rely on God to achieve it. Always.
2. He never leaves, but sometimes I leave him.
1. We have a relationship, but we are not equals. I am not god. He is God, and this simplified my life.