{"id":399,"date":"2016-04-03T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2017-04-14T07:35:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:35:05","slug":"this-isnt-working-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"This isn\u2019t working out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.becominglisa.com\/?attachment_id=401\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?fit=2000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Surrender&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Zoran Milic&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;168629273&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Surrender&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?fit=750%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-401 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.becominglisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/o-WHITE-FLAG-SURRENDER-facebook.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>April 3, 2016<\/p>\n<p>So I am admitting defeat and raising the white flag of surrender. I thought I had a lot to stay \u2026 I thought I had time daily to share \u2026 I thought four words was an easy entry \u2026. and I thought wrong! I got busy, life happened and I totally forgot on some days and other days I remembered at 2a when I am supposed to be sleeping and some days I just stared at the computer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The daily commitment was an aggressive entry. It was too big a step and I tend to be more of a baby steps kind of girl with a few leaps of faith thrown in for good measure. I do best with anything when I can have consistency in the little things and so that it my new commitment. Time to regroup!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will listen to God. I will pray. I will seek His Word and His Will. I will journal. I will share. and I will keep moving forward. The journey to become simply His doesn\u2019t ever end in defeat \u2026 He will still be a good, gracious, steadfast and loving God no matter what all of my experiences and circumstances bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 3, 2016 So I am admitting defeat and raising the white flag of surrender. I thought I had a lot to stay \u2026 I thought I had time daily to share \u2026 I thought four words was an easy entry \u2026. and I thought wrong! 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