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"THE TRUE SOURCE OF PEACE IS IN THE SURRENDER OF THE WILL". LETTER 6 of "LET GO" by Archbishop Fenelon. "Nevertheless, not My will be done but Thine." Many of Fenelon's letters deal with the total peace that only God can give. It is the sort of internal peace we get when we trust God even though the world is crumbling and in turmoil around us. "SURRENDER IS NOT A HEROIC SACRIFICE BUT A SIMPLE SINKING INTO THE WILL OF GOD". LETTER 34. It is letting go. He goes on to say: "Let me tell you what real surrender is. It is simply resting in the love of God, as a little baby rests in its mother's arms.-- "Surrender consists not in doing great heroic deeds about which self can brag but simply in accepting whatever God sends, and not seeking to change it (unless it is His will that it be changed).--Surrender is the source of true peace; If we aren't at peace it is because our surrender is not complete." Fenelon deals with humility and death of self. Sometimes his letters cut like the two edged sword of the Holy Spirit. They have always brought me peace. Archbishop Fenelon was archbishop to the court of Louis XIV.
