“I’m now 71 years old and have recently been baptized, giving the glory back to Jesus Christ. I felt the most broken as a child. My Dad was physically and verbally abusive. I wanted to give up. God clearly spoke to me and told me that there was worth in who I was and to trust that He was guiding and walking with me through my life. As a young child, I knew I had to surrender to God, because without God in my life, life had no purpose. When I was nineteen years old, I married Chuck. He now represented to me all the good in my life and I looked to him to guide me. I took for granted all the good in my life and gave others the credit for creating the good. Since I have surrendered my will over to God my life has been absolutely wonderful. Nothing except my love for God and Jesus Christ consumes my day. I can face worldly things with faith and know that I’m on the right path. My name is Anne and I surrender.”
(Anne, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)