A Life Surrendered
The start of this blog in 2011, which I named A Life Surrendered, was a response to God asking me to open up about the things I was learning as a wife and mama following God—the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. He used Matthew 5:14-16 in the Message translation to call me out. The lines that urged me on and continue to urge me on are, “Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.”
It is my hope, as I share openly and honestly about the things I’ve struggled with, the things I’ve overcome, and the things I still have yet to overcome, that you would come to know the nature and heart of God. You don’t have to fear losing the loving of God when the process of transformation gets long and messy. There’s nothing you can do or not do that will cause God to ever stop pursuing you. He will not stop trying to get your attention, and you always have His.
Articles
![Eyes to see… [Dream Again Day 7]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1-Cor-13-12-via-Michele-Lyn-alifesurrendered.com_.jpg)
Eyes to see… [Dream Again Day 7]
I thought, how we see God, was an important part of the message to share. Seeing God and His true intention toward us, leads us into knowing Him, and in knowing Him we can know He sees us and who we were created to be. All this image, His image and ours the enemy...
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A prayer for you… [Dream Again Day 6]
I pray for you... Dear Lord, I pray that each of these You have brought to read these words would know the great big dreams You have for their life. I pray You would draw near to them as they draw near to You, so they would know You more, and believe with greater...
Finding Time for God as an Everyday Mama
Everyday Mamas walk with God I was eight months pregnant with my second of four babies. I had stayed up late one night to paint our master bedroom, that made more sense as a playroom. I fell in love with a simple motif on the curtains I had purchased for the room --...
![A New Creation… [Dream Again Day 5]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/New-Creation-via-Michele-Lyn-alifesurrendered.jpg)
A New Creation… [Dream Again Day 5]
"You are being invited into a life of wholeness and completeness. That’s what the biblical word perfect means. It’s not a standard of faultless accuracy and precision but rather an invitation to devote the whole of yourself—your time and your talents—toward the...
![Failing Love and Unfailing Love… [Dream Again Day 4]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Dance.jpg)
Failing Love and Unfailing Love… [Dream Again Day 4]
"...the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in Him." Psalm 32:10b NIV The devil is a hit you where it hurts kind if enemy, and he looks for the point of least resistance. He kicks you when your down and uses the weakest place as an entry point in our...
![A Vessel of Honor… [Dream Again Day 3]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/31-Days-to-Dream-Again-via-Michele-Lyn-alifesurrendered.com_.jpg)
A Vessel of Honor… [Dream Again Day 3]
While God has a plan to write the story of His redemption in you so His love can pour through you, satan, has a scheme. From the moment you were born, and I venture to say even while you were unborn, the enemy's scheme is directed toward hindering you from finding...
![My Heart, My Message Video [Dream Again Day 2]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo-125.jpg)
My Heart, My Message Video [Dream Again Day 2]
My first video blog. Though it's way out of my comfort zone, I am glad I can share the message with you. If you are reading in an email or reader, you will have to visit A Life Surrendered to view video. Click here. From the beginning, it’s our identity the enemy...
Dream Again Day 1
On June 12, 2012 I wrote a post and held a giveaway for coffee from a company whose mission inspired me. I wrote these words. "I am awestruck by those who discover their big God dream, and then follow God in it. It takes heavy doses of courage to follow a dream -- to...
![It is Finished… [and counting beyond 1000 gifts]](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dirty-Floors1.jpg)
It is Finished… [and counting beyond 1000 gifts]
I've counted to and beyond 1000 gifts. This day ushers in the New Year, and we look to it as a marker for an end and new beginning. No doubt, last year was filled with its own triumphs and its own trials. It held celebrations, and also griefs. It's speckled with...