Learning To Let Go

Trust Me. Do Not Worry. Follow My Footsteps......

My favorite priest in the whole world once presented me with a thought-provoking question: How do you expect God to reveal His plans to you, if you are holding onto your own plans with white knuckles while you refuse to let go?

I was speechless.. There was no way to make an excuse and get around the fact that if you are not completely willing to receive God's plans for you into your heart and soul and act on them, then He wasn't going to push them on you, and you'd go about wandering in life, trying to find happiness in something else. 

Before you get discouraged by that (like I do when I think too much about it), let me just say that humanity really has NO idea how much God just wants to be in our lives.He created us out of love, He planned every little detail oriented to our true happiness, and He set up the most wonderful eternity for us, with Him, forever.

All He asks of us in return is to love Him back. That's it. And sometimes, that's the hardest thing to do.

(Now, to prevent myself from going on another rant about Love, I'll just say that if you haven't read my post about it, you should, after you read this :)) 

So how do you let go? How do you accept God's will for you? How do you trust that He's got it all figured out? I know I don't have all the answers......And I also know that it's not enough to just say "Okay, God, do Your thing!"...... you have to truly throw yourself at His feet. You have to keep reminding yourself that you can not do ANYTHING without Him. You have to wake up every day and praise God that He gave you another day to give Him glory. You have to realize that every breath you take is a gift from God....

Sometimes, for me, the only way I'll realize that His will is the only will for me, is when my world falls apart. It's not just a one time thing. Every once in awhile, my life will literally fall to shambles, and I'll be left sitting there, finally realizing that my own plans are not enough. My plans are not fool-proof. But when I realize that, even in the midst of the chaos and disappointment and uncertainty, I feel His peace. 

It is in those moments when I can't put one foot in front of the other, that I realize I don't have to, because God is standing there with His arms open, waiting for the moment I let Him carry me. How could I not be peaceful, then?

Letting go is realizing you can't do it alone. Thankfully, God reminds me of that truth when I get a little too confident in myself and think that I got everything figured out. 

Life is a work in progress. Don't fret. Take each moment, and live each moment, praising God with every breath you take. Make the decision each day to throw yourself at His feet, to keep reminding yourself that you, alone, can do nothing, but with God, you can do everything. Love Him. Trust Him. Follow Him

God bless :)