Quotes about Surrender

To be converted fully is to let God lead us out of our compulsions. It means that we admit how we give up ceaselessly trying to "fix" things. Freedom is the opposite of compulsive obsessions. This is not easy, of course, mostly because intense needs motivate us.

When I demand from others what only God can give, I experience pain.

Receiving forgiveness requires a total willingness to let God be God and do all the healing, restoring, and renewing.

Learning how to die has something to do with living each day in full awareness that we are children of God, whose love is stronger than death.

Drinking the cup is an act of selfless love, an act of immense trust, an act of surrender to a God who will give what we need when we need it.

Are we really servants when we can become masters again once we think we have done our part or made our contribution? Are we really servants when we can say when, where, and how long we will give of our time and energy? Is service in a far country really an expression of servanthood when we keep enough money in the bank to fly home at any moment?

In the end, a life of prayer is a life with open hands—a life where we need not be ashamed of our weaknesses but realize that it is more perfect for us to be led by the Other than to try to hold everything in our own hands.

Dare to lose your life and you will find it.

Following Jesus means to let go of the "I" and move toward the "other." Following Jesus means to dare to move out of ourselves and to slowly let go of building our "self" up.

As I reflect on this reality, it is clear that God is present in the events of my life, yet I act and speak as if I am in control.

I need no longer always manage and muster support for my "cause."

Faith asks us to jump, to surrender and believe that somewhere, somehow, Someone will catch us and bring us home.