Letting Go

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" - Hebrews 12:1

Dear Friend,

What does it mean to lay aside every weight? Weights can in various sizes.  The most difficult "weights to release" are those we carry as enablers for others.  

There is a space in each life, each heart that only the Lord can fill. It is often necessary to move ourselves out of the way, to let go so that God can have His way.



Letting Go Takes Love - Author Unknown

To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, 
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.

To let go is to fear less and love more Remember: The time to love is short.

Letting go is to put everything in God's hands trusting that He is able to lead and guide our lives and the lives of those we love.  

Lord, today I pray for those who are looking for the strength to let go. I pray that they will be able to release their cares and concerns to you through prayer.  

1 Peter 5:6-7King James Version (KJV)

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

There is peace, sweet release in letting go and letting God have His way.

in Christ,

Sis. Stephanie