Quotes About Surrender

Time and again, she had returned to God, pleading for help, promising her faith. She wanted to believe that she was neither alone nor in charge, but rather that her life was unfolding according to His plan, even if she couldn't see it. Now, though, such hope felt as slight and bendable as tin.

France has surrendered, Isabelle. Certainly this fact has not escape you. Didn't you hear General de Gaulle? He said ... And who is this General de Gaulle? Why should we listen to him? Marechal Petain is a war hero and our leader. We have to trust our government. Are you joking, Vianne? The government in Vichy is collaborating with Hitler. How can you not understand this danger? Petain is wrong. Does one follow a leader blindly?

she'd hear in France. Surrender. Isabelle hobbled out of the room on her bloody feet and went into the backyard, needing air suddenly, unable to draw a decent breath. Surrender. France. To Hitler. "It must be for the best

Life doesn't work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it's supposed to after all.

Remember that God's plan for you might be different than the plan you have for yourself.

I am a big believer that in life, things happen the way they are supposed to.

stay." "Remember that God's plan for you might be different than the plan you have for yourself.

Life doesn't work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it's supposed to after all. You know?

self-annihilation is necessary for high art

I lie in the soil and fertilize mushrooms Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume You can't fire me because I quit Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit

If your mind wanders to your worries or your weekly calendar, then be open with the Lord about why your heart turns to these places. Do you feel like you don't have control in God's presence, so you turn to something you can control? Do you feel like prayer isn't productive, so you turn to something that is? Talk to God about these matters.

Allow your heart to respond to God's kindness in the midst of your brokenness.

I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me, because I've looked into what's coming, and I don't need anything from here.

It is possible to see God's will in every circumstance and to accept it with singing instead of complaining.

There is a peace that springs soon after sorrow, Of hope surrendered, not of hope fulfilled; A peace that does not look upon tomorrow, But calmly on the storm that it has stilled. A peace that lives not now in joy's excesses, Nor in the happy life of love secure; But in the unerring strength the heart possesses, Of conflicts won while learning to endure.

Yet the Lord knows what is best for me, and my surroundings are determined by Him. Wherever He places me, He does so to strengthen my faith and power and to draw me into closer communion with Himself. And even if confined to a dungeon, my soul will prosper.

This is the blessed life—not anxious to see far down the road nor overly concerned about the next step, not eager to choose the path nor weighted down with the heavy responsibilities of the future, but quietly following the Shepherd, one step at a time.

It's good indeed to give! Yet it is better still— O'er breadth, through length, down depth, up height, To trust HIS will!

Friend, you can trust the Man that died for you. You can trust Him to baffle no plan which is not best to be foiled, and to carry out every one which is for God's glory and your highest good. You can trust Him to lead you in the path which is the very best in this world for you. J. H. MCC.

Talk to God about whatever may be pressuring you and then commit the entire matter into his hands. Do this so that you will be free from the confusion, conflicts and cares that fill the world today.

I do not believe we have even begun to understand the wonderful power there is in being still. We are in such a hurry, always doing, that we are in danger of not allowing God the opportunity to work. You may be sure that God will never say to us, "Stand still," "Sit still," or "Be still," unless He is going to do something. This is our problem regarding the Christian life: we want to do something to be Christians, instead of allowing Him to work in us.

No one is complete until he has been out into the surge of the storm and has found the glorious fulfillment of the prayer "O God, take me, break me, make me.

When faith goes to the market, it always takes a basket.

If I see God in everything, He will calm and color everything I see! Perhaps the circumstances causing my sorrows will not be removed and my situation will remain the same, but if Christ is brought into my grief and gloom as my Lord and Master, He will "surround me with songs of deliverance" (Ps. 32:7).