by Michele-Lyn Ault | Oct 13, 2014 | Deliberate 31 Days, Surrender
May my most passionate pursuit always be of you, God. I pray it. I mean it. But I do not always live it. When I wander off too far in the wrong direction I hear God calling me back. Every one is called. What makes the difference is how we respond to it. God will not...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Oct 3, 2014 | Deliberate 31 Days, Post Series, Surrender
How can we live a deliberate life and still live a life surrendered to God? It is important for me to address this question at the very beginning. A life surrendered is not just the name of my blog, but it is the way I purpose to live every day. It was a way of life...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Sep 5, 2014 | Making a Home, Surrender
I lived behind self-built, fortified walls of security erected in fear — closed-hearted, closed handed, closed-doored. I would tell God, “I love you, but not your people.” I’d keep people out of my life and out of my home. I was okay living...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 21, 2014 | Motherhood, Surrender
I peered a little too far into my past, only highlighting defeat and loss. When we are struggling with something, whether it be a sense of failure, disappointment, or pain, we can become hyper focused on all that is wrong. We pick out only negative parts of our lives,...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 14, 2014 | Motherhood, Surrender
Two minutes after the stroke of midnight on New Years I broke down. Time didn’t wait for my goals to be accomplished. I had lists of them that were supposed to be complete come January 1, 2014. The failure weighed too heavy and sapped every bit of joy that could have...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 5, 2014 | Christian Living, Surrender
It takes courage to dream big, audacious dreams. Sometimes, it takes more courage — once you’ve seen those dreams begin to come to pass — to leave them behind to follow God. It takes courage to dream big. Sometimes more to leave success behind and...
