Comments on: The night my son gave up

By: Roxane B. Salonen

Roxane B. Salonen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:58:45 +0000

Billy, oh, don’t you just love seeing faith unfold in your children? I really think he gets it as much as he needs to for the moment. To him, “give up” is just as good and true as your “surrender.” As a mother of five children, I never fail to be amazed at how God reaches me through my children, and how He shines his light into theirs, with or without my presence. We are parents more for what we learn from our children than what we do for them. They help lead us to heaven, even if we have occasional tantrums before getting there.

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:13:58 +0000

Billy – you are truly a wonderful father and because it will help your children chose to run into the arms of their Father in heaven!

Blessings,
Jill

By: Mich

Mich — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:34:48 +0000

This really got to me… I needed to hear this. Thank you!

Surrendering is a daily process and never easy. Way too often “I want to just give up!”
When will I ever realize that God’s way is the BEST way?!!!

By: Lori Lundquist

Lori Lundquist — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:18:04 +0000

Fantastic picture of the difference between surrender and giving up. Thanks! Write on!

By: Dale Ottley

Dale Ottley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:15:37 +0000

I like your writing style and I support Christian men who write, it’s a nice change in perspective. Good job!

Thank God for Alisa Hope Wagner, she has an interesting blogroll and through Faith Inspired, I’m discovering new bloggers. That’s how I found you. Keep it up! congratulations on your novel forthcoming.

By: L.T. Elliot

L.T. Elliot — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:01:38 +0000

out of the mouth of babes, huh?

I need to surrender more.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:14 +0000

Ah Billy,

What wise words you always capture for the heart of a parent in the simplicities that you encounter each day in your life. I smile as I got to the bottom and realized just how truthful it all really is.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:51:13 +0000

So much of our prayer time is taken up trying to get our way with God. Only after a long walk along the adventure of prayer does one realize that it all begins with a focus on Him…climb up beside Him and look out over the things that you are about to pray about. With that perspective, only the right stuff will remain and with that vantage point somtimes we begin to see that what we were just about to ask Him for might not have been best.

You always make me think Billy!

By: Lynn Rush

Lynn Rush — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:49:09 +0000

Wow. Very nice. When you wrote, “God calls us to surrender. He never calls us to give up.” you hit the nail on the head. Never give up, just give over. Give to Him. Let him drive the car. Gosh that’s hard sometimes. Thanks for this post. Very much needed for me in my life right now.

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