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Writer's pictureJen McNulty

Letting Go


Garden

Isiah 43:18-19

18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.


 

Letting go happens in stages

It is a healing

It is a growth journey

It is a love journey

A love for yourself

A love for God

A love for what you are releasing


It is trusting in an unknown plan

A plan orchestrated by God

A plan to move you closer to wholeness


It is stepping into the unfamiliar

Not looking back

Not questioning the past

Staying in the present

Welcoming what is to come


Letting go isn’t meant to be easy

You held onto an event, something or someone for a time

It wasn’t a mistake


It all had purpose

You had happy moments and grew

You had struggles and grew

You stagnated and still grew


That moment, no matter how short or long

Was a lesson to help you become all

That you are meant to be


Appreciate the lesson

Be grateful for the time

See it as a blessing

Don’t beat yourself up for

What you did

Or didn’t do

It was meant to be the way it was


You are who you are today

Because of who you were

And what you experienced yesterday


Step into letting go

Embrace what can be

Bless what was

Every move you make

Is a movement in letting go

Choose to reinforce the thought

It is alright to let go

It is alright to move on


You look to the past for comfort

Comfort is found in the familiar

Find that comfort in God

He is your familiarity

He is your comfort

He is your constant

Not the past

Not the future

But God, God in the now


Prayer

Father God,

Thank You for Your constant comfort. Thank you for helping me let go in stages. You have a plan for me. You know what is best. Forgive me for looking for familiarity and comfort in the past. Forgive me for holding on to what You have claimed to be finished. You are with me always. You provide strength. You provide consistency. Help me to see the past as a blessing, be thankful for it and let it go. Help me to embrace all you have planned without questions. I welcome whatever stage is next. I welcome You in the now.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

 





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