A Time to Surrender (39 page)
2. In all their surrendering, in putting off their old selves, the characters move into the reality of the theme verse taken from Ephesians 4:22–24: “You were taught . . . to put off your old self . . . to be made new . . . to put on the new self.”
• By the end of the book, what is the new Jenna like?
• Danny?
• Skylar?
3. What sorts of things have you surrendered, given up, or thrown away in your own life?
4. How were you changed by that action?
5. Is there something you sense you need to surrender, to hand over to God in order for Him to clothe you in something new?
6. What do you think about Claire’s statement that a “safe harbor” is not a landlocked body of water but an open area where people are free to come and go? How might that describe the “safe harbor” God is always offering to us in His presence?
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Sally John
is the author of more than ten books, including the popular Other Way Home series and In a Heartbeat series. Illinois natives, Sally and her husband, Tim, live in Southern California. The Johns have two grown children, a daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters.
Dr. Gary Smalley
, one of the foremost experts on family relationships, has written or cowritten more than fifty books, based on more than thirty-five years of experience as a teacher and counselor. A best-selling and award-winning author, Smalley has appeared on hundreds of local radio and television shows, including Oprah, Larry King Live, Fox & Friends, and NBC’s Today. He and his wife, Norma, have been married forty-two years.