Letting go of treasured times, treasured people, treasured routines and traditions isn\u2019t easy, but it\u2019s obviously the life God designed for us during these times. Throughout the Bible we read about letting go. King Saul\u2019s son, Jonathan, and David were best friends, but life happened and they had to go their separate ways. Moses\u2019 mom had to put him in a basket and let him go to save his life. Jesus had to let go of His place in heaven to come to earth to rescue you and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe those scenarios don\u2019t provide the comfort you’ve needed for letting go of your routines, schedules, plans, dreams and hopes during this pandemic. It hasn\u2019t been easy for anyone who is a planner, a doer and wants to hold on as long as they can. Status quo certainly has been disrupted, hasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been letting go for a very long time. I can\u2019t believe how fast time went \u2013 watching my own children grow from infants to raising their own children. I see it as a good thing. It is supposed to be that way. I\u2019ve had to let go of friends as we\u2019ve moved in and out of each other\u2019s\u2019 lives while navigating changing seasons of our own. One day, I held my husband\u2019s hand for the last time and let go as he and I touched eternity together when he quietly went home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not easy letting go, but God gives us the fortitude and strength to conquer the \u201cletting-goes\u201d. My letting-goes were staged by God in a slow-methodical way. I applaud those of you who had to let go during these crazy, unplanned times and your ability to \u201cbend and not break\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have witnessed those who have stood tall — silent and strong, with arms lifted high toward heaven. I\u2019ve seen you let go of your own ideas of how things ought to be and you\u2019ve trusted God instead. You have let go of holding on so tightly and found the courage to look forward to what God has in store! He has a sovereign plan and we\u2019ve resigned ourselves to trusting Him. We’ve made it through many seasons and we\u2019ve come out of them braver and stronger. None of us knows what the future holds, but when we raise our hands high in the letting go, we\u2019ll find ourselves looking upward to Jesus. He\u2019s the One who is able to lead us through the heartaches and triumphs of the living, the loving, and the letting go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Letting go is a daily, moment-by-moment choice. Giving it all to God is the way to come out on the other side as conquerors. I love this scripture: \u201cYet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.\u201d (Romans 8:37) When we relinquish control, worry, doubt, fear and doing-it-my-way and give it all to God daily, we can be free to be a human-being instead of a human-doing. God is in control. We just need to recognize His authority and let Him lead. We can trust Him with all that concerns us each day. Letting go is scary at first, but the freedom in our mind and hearts will be worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaiah 55:8-9 — \u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,\u201d declares the Lord. \u201cAs the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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