Sweet Surrender
I was glancing back through my journal that I am about to close and stash away with many others when I found these words that I wrote in June of 2019. I vividly remember penning these words through tears as I tried to come to terms with my husband's plans to change ministries. This was a very personal and lonely struggle for me. I share now only to say there are hard changes in life sometimes, but they become opportunities for growth. I needed to struggle in the shadow of the cross. There were things in my life that needed fully submitted to Him. I learned that it is in complete surrender that peace is found . It is hard to describe that peace and why it is there. Perhaps that is why we find these words penned by the apostle Paul in Philippians 4: 6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and y