Saturday, June 14, 2008

Give up?

What exactly does it take to give up? Just in general. Does it take a complete and utter sense of defeat?Does it take an ultimate realization that you should no longer try? That it is no longer in your capability to pursue? 

The dictionary definition states that giving up is to concede or relinquish. To surrender. To abandon hope. Despair. To desist from and denounce. To lose hope of seeing. To admit defeat. To part with. Relinquish possession or control over. Leave voluntarily. To cease to do. To stop. To lose hope for. To abandon what one is doing or planning to do. Lose your right. Give up with the intent of never claiming again. Give up what is not strictly needed. Part with a possession or right. Stop maintaining or insisting on. Stop consuming.

In other languages give up is said as zanechat, vzdat se, holde op, opgive, opgeven, lopettaa, cesser, aufgeben, abbahagy, berhenti, smettere, abbandonare, atmest, pamest, mesti, liautis, gi opp, *avkall pa, zaprzestac, desistir, largar, a abandona, prestat', vzdat' sa, opustiti, dejar de, abandonar, rendirse, sluta, upphora....and more.

But that's all fine and dandy, but what does it mean in my life to really give up everything I have to Him. Give up all of it for Him. 

Or maybe this is for a much less important part of my life, and it is simple my questioning of whether I have fully given it up, or if there's still a small part of me holding on, not surrendering, not losing hope, not admitting defeat. 

We'll see.

Israel in 2 days!!!! =)

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