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 und...