Lots of earthly control.

To have a loving relationship, we need to turn over control to another party.  By nature, we want to maintain control of our lives.  And yet we are willing to turn over control of our lives for earthly reasons.  We turn over our lives to our caregivers (e.g. parents, doctors, etc.).  We turn over control to our security people (e.g. police, military, etc.).  We turn over control of our finances to people (e.g. bankers, bosses, etc.).  And yet when it comes to our overall lives, we have trouble turning over control to God.  Part of the reason may be that it is the most important release of control we can make.  Make it.