Quotes About Surrender

Tommy lifted his hands to me in complete trust—me, who he has never seen—that it's time for me to lean trustingly into the hands of the One who might be unseen but is always watching me." Tears

Thad slowly sat upright, his limbs quivery. He'd never been a whimsical man, but in that moment he felt as though someone had pushed him over the edge of a cliff and he was soaring in the clouds. In that moment, he lost his heart to Miss Sadie Wagner. And he had no idea how to snatch it back.

You gotta open up them fists and lay it all at the feet o' Jesus. Lay yo'self there first, then every burden you got. He done promised there ain't no burden He won't carry for us.

Desde este momento en adelante, rindo y someto mi vida de oracion al Espiritu Santo.

Everyone absolutely knows what a strawberry tastes like, even if you are allergic to them. Everyone absolutely knows what the toilet flushing sounds like. Everyone absolutely scratches their mosquito bites. And I know that I was absolutely ready to die. This wasn't a cry for help. I didn't want to be saved. I was ready to call it quits. Done. Terminado.

Death has this much to be said for it: You don't have to get out of bed for it.

Death has got something to be said for it:There's no need to get out of bed for it;Wherever you may be,They bring it to you, free.

For the first time he really felt that it was no use trying to save those who fundamentally would rather not be saved.

Should humans conquer the mountain or should they wish for the mountain to possess them?

the Himalayas rose layer upon layer until those gleaming peaks proved a man to be so small that it made sense to give it all up, empty it all out.

Remember, the sweetest surrender of all is to give yourself over to that which is deeply and spiritually calling you. Do not be afraid to give lavish time, energy, attention, and passion to what you love. Therein is Holy Fire.

Absolute certainity might seem comforting, but is actually proof that you've given up

Power is never taken from us. It is only given away," Austen said softly.

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I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear up. That's the magic key! The text comes by itself, and its meaning shakes the soul ... You mustn't let scar tissue form on your wounds; you have to keep ripping them open in order to turn your insides into a marvelous instrument that is capable of anything. All this has its price.

Hay que ser tan viejo como la Creación, y al mismo tiempo tan joven como si aún no se hubiera nacido... Hay que entregarse, abandonarse. Hay que perderse y volverse a encontrar. Las llamas del alma no deben apagarse nunca. ¡Hay que arder sin cesar, hay que quemarse y apagarse y volverse a encender!

preparedness to fight the aggressor generally prevents violence; and that even if the violence cannot be avoided, it is at least better to defend yourself than to surrender to aggression.

You've maddened me for you...have changed everything. So, I'm going to f*ck you long and hard, beauty, because if I'm to be enslaved by you-I want to be your master as well.

Jack Taylor put it this way: "an idol is something you have to check with before you say yes to God".

When all of your defenses were stripped away, the only thing left was surrender. Only then could you see the true size of the burden a person carried. Only then could you see the toll it had taken on their soul.

Some lives are not ours to hold on to; God makes His choices without us.

Here — your shirt , he said, after. Lifting it. Bringing it to me as if it were not a shirt but a thing immaculate, or in flames, or— with a single sword positioned through it— a sacred heart.

When I love I can no longer do as I will. When I love I am love's prisoner; and love is tremendous in its demands.

Sometimes I even close my eyes to see more darkness. I know the stars are there in their place, as a witness to me of heaven. And I can see why darkness is so necessary The darkness is necessary, the darkness of faith is necessary, for God's light is too great. It wounds.