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How I found freedom in surrendering
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Mary DeMuth2025-10-02T05:27:00
Author Mary DeMuth shares how releasing her dreams to God while moving overseas led to unexpected peace and freedom.
I flat out did not want to leave. Moving across the world looked impossible, and it felt like a death. Our family would be venturing over the Atlantic from Texas to become church planters in France, and, while I was pro-adventure, my heart broke in two. Why? Because I had spent a decade working tirelessly on becoming a published author. The dream realized on my native soil, but what would happen if I moved away from my readership?
As I worked through my angst, I chastised myself for a myopic, small view of God. Wasn’t God big enough to carry my book writing career? Why was I so afraid? Perhaps the pain lingered because I felt Jesus calling me to lay down a dream, to surrender every possible outcome to him as I ventured into the unknown world of living on foreign soil.
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