Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now.com, and you're listening to the

Flying Free Podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden

emotional and spiritual abuse.

Welcome to episode 17 of the Flying Free Podcast.

Rachel and I are here today.

We're gonna actually talk about something

that someone sent in.

Someone sent in a, well, it's kind of a question.

She was interested in having us talk about this issue and Rachel and I when we read about

it we were just jumping all over it because it's something that we've definitely thought a lot about in our own lives and we are going to enjoy talking about this with you.

I think that you will all be able to relate to this person's topic that they wanted to bring up.

So I'm going to read what she wrote and then Rachel and I are going to dive in.

She said, can you talk about how we are to surrender to God?

For years and years, that's what I thought I was doing,

and I didn't have to fight for something better in my situation,

which I did a lot in calling out my husband's abusive

behavior whenever it occurred because I didn't want to fall into the trap of

being a doormat, but it was exhausting because my standing up for what's right

didn't make him change.

In fact, I think just because it was me, a mere woman calling him out,

riled him up so he probably did it more.

I thought if I could just point out

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