Learning To Let Go

We’re thinking today about one of those principles that is easier said than done.

Just for today I will be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.  I will take time to notice the gifts in me, in others, and in my surroundings and let the rest go. 

It’s easier to do almost anything than to let some things go, even though they are dragging us down

Holding on to anger and pain doesn't fix anything.  Burying a grudge deep within and putting layers of blame on top of the hurt doesn't bring healing.  Whether the irritation or the wound is recent or something we've held for a long time, perhaps today is the day to finally let go, so we can be joyful, optimistic and grateful.

For everything there is a season … A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.  Ecclesiastes 3:1a, 6

As we search our hearts, what do we find there that we know it’s time for us to throw away?

Our own shame is often one of the greatest barriers to living joyfully today. God promises us forgiveness. Jesus paid with His life so we could have eternal life and freedom from sin today.  The devil seeks to keep us hiding our pain in the darkness of unforgiveness, particularly when it relates to ourselves, so we will feel like damaged goods.  It’s time to let the past go into the cleansing river of God’s unlimited forgiveness. 

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.   Proverbs 28:13 

Heavenly Father, We readily admit that life isn’t perfect and we face circumstances and challenges that seem bigger than we can handle.  Today we choose to let these feelings of worry and fear point us to our need for Your help, which we know is readily available to us when we ask for it.  As many others have done in the past, we want to be rid of everything that slows us down and causes us to fall. 

We have all these great people around us as examples. Their lives tell us what faith means. So we, too, should run the race that is before us and never quit. We should remove from our lives anything that would slow us down and the sin that so often makes us fall. 

Hebrews 12:1 

You know us, God, everything about our heart and our circumstances. We bring it all to You and choose to let it go into Your healing and cleansing river of grace today so we can live in Your joy and peace.  Amen

Let’s notice the gifts we have in this day and let the rest go.