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.
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Pride has no place in God’s plan
Pride is when we begin to take credit for what only God could have done. Pride is having more trust in your own abilities, than in God.
I’m Africa Bound #AfricaWH
I was contending with an enemy I couldn’t touch, see, or name. Lies were incessant, even if I wouldn’t believe them, they were coming with such constancy that it became easier to retreat and escape than to withstand and press through.
The call to pray has come.
For My will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, prayer must be where your greatest effort, your greatest devotion, your greatest fervor must be spent.
Why I bought Gifts of Hope Merchandise, and will again.
Each gift is meticulously handcrafted by an individual who depends on its sale for survival. In fact, they’re more than just gifts, they’re livelihoods.
When you are dealing with the heaviness of regret.
Be careful when you are retrospective — don’t stay there too long. Take what you can use that gives life, that’s worthy of praise, that gives God glory, that doesn’t weigh you down, but impels you and compels you further into your purpose.
![Making of a Home [UNVEILED] We are not the perfect model family.](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-Thanksgiving-Family-Photos5.jpg)
Making of a Home [UNVEILED] We are not the perfect model family.
I think I’m in control, but I’m not. My desire to control outcomes is wrapped up in a performance mentality and perfectionism. I have to let go — daily.
![Making of a Home [UNVEILED] By wisdom a home is built. #31Days](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Proverbs-24-3-Home.png)
Making of a Home [UNVEILED] By wisdom a home is built. #31Days
Even in making of a home, especially in making of a home, we must seek Wisdom…
“Through skillful and godly Wisdom a house, a life, a home, a family is built, and by understanding it is established on a sound and good foundation…” Proverbs 24:3 AMP
![Making of a Home [UNVEILED] Real-Time: She made herself available. #31Days](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Laptop-on-chair.png)
Making of a Home [UNVEILED] Real-Time: She made herself available. #31Days
I get a lot of things wrong in this making of a home, endeavor.
But being “available” is what I want to get right. I want my husband and kids to be able to say, “She made herself available to us, even though there were other things she could have been doing.”
![Making of a Home [UNVEILED] How do I reach the world from home?](https://www.alifesurrendered.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Kitchen-Guatemala.jpg)
Making of a Home [UNVEILED] How do I reach the world from home?
There is a tension and conflict within as I try to reconcile living fully in my first-world home, while remembering how I’ve seen courageous, strong mamas trying to survive, making a home in the third-world.