Brave Surrender Quotes

“Our conversation went a little like this: “God, if I lay down my need for those who hurt me to be punished, it doesn’t mean that what they did is okay, right?” “Right.” “So, just to be clear, we are in agreement that what they did is wrong, correct?” “Kim, what they did was wrong. I’m sorry you were hurt.” “When I surrender this to You and release those who hurt me, You know for sure that I’m not saying that I agree with them, right?” “Do you trust Me?” “I trust You, God, but do I still get to be strong? Does surrendering and letting go mean that I’m weak?” “Are you relying on your strength or Mine? You are strong when you trust in Me and rely on My strength.” Ugh. And just like that, God broke through another layer of my old need to protect myself through control. It felt so important to me to be strong. My entire childhood I had to be strong for my mom and siblings. I had to be strong to be brave and defend myself. I had to be strong so fear would not cripple me. And it seemed to me that to trust in God, to surrender, to depend on His strength, to forgive those who hurt me, and to not demand punishment meant I could no longer be strong. I hated that! As I was pondering why this upset me so much, another lie was exposed—the lingering belief that no one can take care of me like I can. Part of me still thought I couldn’t really trust God with my heart and emotions.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“...in a healthy relationship, both people can be strong.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“Our connection to Jesus is not a onetime thing; it is something to fight for and nourish.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“I had to let Him love me on His terms, and that meant letting go of the questions, demands, and needs I had been insisting He address.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“To receive God's love, we must let Him love us. We must abandon every effort to keep Him at a distance or every effort to control the way He touches and transforms us. We have to let Him come close--into the deepest parts of who we are--and change everything with His love.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“He loves you with a love that cannot be measured, stopped, or contained!”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“It's incredible how different your story is when you look at it with Jesus.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“How different could my relationship with God have been if I had not been overcome by shame, embarrassment, and anger?”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“...the gifts and callings God places inside us are irrevocable, and there is no force on earth or in heaven that could come against or stop His love.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“My destiny was set at the foundations of time, and nothing can stop what God has set into motion and what God has put inside me.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“The journey of learning to see my identity and my past through a new lens, through God's perspective, was the beginning of true transformation in my life... I discovered that a person misses a lot when they grow up seeing family members through the distortion of dysfunction, anger, and pain.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“God is not obligated to love me the way I think He should.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“The Bible says we love God because He first loved us. It is very simple. If you don't love Him, if you aren't passionate about pursuing Him, it is because you don't know yet how much He loves you. When you feel and hear and see the love of God, you cannot help but respond with love.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“...with every choice to believe I was who He said I was, the more I became that person.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story

“Jesus loves us exactly the way we need to be loved. He doesn't always do things in the way we want them done or exactly when we want them done, but His timing and all His ways are perfect.”
― Kim Walker-Smith, Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story