Quotes about Surrender

Sometimes God takes his time: One hundred twenty years to prepare Noah for the flood, eighty years to prepare Moses for his work. God called young David to be king but returned him to the sheep pasture. He called Paul to be an apostle and then isolated him in Arabia for perhaps three years. Jesus was on the earth for three decades before he built anything more than a kitchen table. How long will God take with you? He may take his time. His history is redeemed not in minutes but in lifetimes.

I had no heart nor art to drag him back to the reeking reality of our life and times.

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

God, help me let go of my need to deprive myself of being alive.

Control is an illusion. It doesn't work.

Can you feel the rush? Listen quietly. It's there. It's the sound of a life and spirit being set free. God, help me set myself free from ridiculous and unnecessary expectations.

Today, I will ask myself what I would be doing differently if I weren't trying to control. When I hear the answer, I will do it. God, help me let go of my need to control. Help me set myself and others free.

Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.

I've learned I can take care of myself, and what I can't do, God will do for me. —Al-Anon member

Today, I will trust that God will do for me what I cannot do for myself. I will do my part—working the Twelve Steps and letting God do the rest.

Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.

attraction to and tolerance for the bizarre, other-centeredness that results in abandonment of self