BOOK REVIEW
KIM WALKER-SMITH // “BRAVE SURRENDER: LET GOD’S LOVE REWRITE YOUR STORY”
by Melissa Doppler
Jesus for the first time, and her home life the present, she shows us that living a life
eventually stabilizes, thanks to a Godly step- surrendered to Jesus is an ongoing, daily
father who demonstrated Christ’s unconditional decision. Her struggles as a leader and a young
love and showed her an intimate, personal mom trying to stay in control, and experiencing
relationship with Jesus. We begin to see God post-partum depression, are relatable and real.
setting the stage and preparing her heart to Kim’s disappointment, and even betrayal, by
embark on a long journey towards healing and others in the church is something that too many
wholeness. of us have experienced. Her teachable heart
Few would be willing to share the details of their and commitment to continually and repeatedly
forgive those who had deeply wounded her is a
powerful example.
With
Kim’s honesty and candor about her early
breathtaking
vulnerability and
“I wanted to shout it from the mountaintops.
Isn’t this the question everybody asks? I
thought to myself. Am I loved? Does God really
love me? I felt like the girl in the classroom,
raising her hand and shouting, “Ooooh, pick
me, pick me! I know the answer!” I wanted to
find a way to tell everyone.” – Kim Walker Smith
from “Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love Rewrite
Your Story”
And that’s exactly what Kim Walker-Smith does
in Brave Surrender. Through her remarkable
testimony of God’s extravagant healing and
love, she finds a way to tell everyone that God
transparency,
her young heart. We rejoice as she encounters
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in this book is very different from anything you
have experienced in church or on your own
spiritual journey. You may even think it’s weird
– as she once did. Regardless of your church
background, the powerful transformation and
abandon in worship springs from. Her ability to
struggles and
minister and lead others into the presence of
God is the fruit of her surrender to Him.
most intimate This is a redemptive story - where we get a
encounters with and the kind of relationship with Christ
glimpse of God’s sovereignty, His faithfulness
available to everyone willing to be broken and
surrendered before His love. I am grateful that
Jesus.
Kim has so bared her soul with such courage in
Brave Surrender. Many lives have already been
dramatically impacted by Kim’s surrendered life
the turning point where her past is made whole
only too well the pain and anger that grew in
disarming. Perhaps some of what she shares
to understand where Kim’s passion, joy and
As Kim recounts the near death of her
her childhood innocence, we can understand
and
us into her counseling and most intimate encounters with
new schools, poverty and inevitable loss of
refreshing
When you read Brave Surrender, it is easy
intimate encounters with Jesus.
her first two step-fathers, constant moving and
is
dramatic healing in Kim’s life is undeniable.
breathtaking vulnerability and transparency,
biological father, the violence and rejection of
experiences
Kim invites
can loves us and be trusted completely. With
Kim invites us into her struggles and most
church
Jesus, but this part of Kim’s story is crucial. It is
and many more will be transformed as the Holy
Spirit works through this book and her story.
KIM WALKER-SMITH
“Brave Surrender: Let God’s Love
Rewrite Your Story”
and she begins to grow and mature into the
powerful minister of God’s presence we have
come to know.
I love that Kim doesn’t finish the story of her
healing with her past. By continuing up to
April 2019
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Melissa Doppler
Graduate of Hillsong College, worshiper, avid
reader, leadership junkie, and writer with a passion
to help others discover their God-given purpose.
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