The Prayer of Relinquishment

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At Home With Susan Many years ago a dear friend, an "older woman", gave me a set of books by Catherine Marshall. You may have heard of A Man Called Peter and Christy. Widowed in her thirties, with a young son, Catherine Marshall faced the spiritual challenge of her life. But God did great and mighty works in her life and the multitude of lives she touched, like mine. Although her books are decades old now, and she is gone from this world, her writings remain classics, and have shaped my walk with the Lord. So this morning in my quiet time, as I prayed for a friend suffering with cancer, I suddenly thought of something I had read in one of Catherine Marshall's books. It was about a place in prayer where we, like Jesus, have to say, "Not my will, but Thine, O Lord." Ms. Marshall had a description for it that I couldn't quite remember. It's so amazing when God gives a thought and leads you right to the source. I went to the bookcase, picked one from 3 of Ms. Marshall's books that I still have, and it opened right to the chapter--The Prayer of Relinquishment. When I read this chapter the first time years ago, it was very profound for me. It put the words in my head that described an experience of relinquishment that was my own. You see, as a young married woman I had experienced a couple of years of infertility and ultimately an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy. Eventually, it was time to have more extensive tests to see if I would be able to become pregnant and deliver a healthy infant. If you've been in this situation you know the thoughts that go through your mind over time . . . the what if's . . . what if my husband leaves me for someone who can bear his offspring; what if we have to face the future childless; what if we can't afford to adopt? And Page 13 of 37
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