The Art of Letting Go

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Letting go is hard. At least for me. Saying goodbye to something my heart once loved so deeply is quite possibly one of the worst feelings. It’s hard for me to write this post because I have in no way mastered the art of letting go. But I’d like to try. At the beginning of this year I picked a word that I wanted to represent my year with the Lord, and I picked trust. A simple word with a lot of power. Trust is something I personally struggle with. I find it hard to let people in and understand why things happen. As much as I want to trust, it continues to be something I struggle with. Trusting why things work out the way they do, especially when it’s not what I had originally hoped is challenging to me.

Letting go becomes even harder when I have already let someone/something in but it no longer fits in my life. It’s a sad thing to do. I’ve always found that whenever it comes time to say goodbye to something, out of everyone I’m with, I always struggle the most. Letting things go from my life is honestly just the worst. So that’s essentially where my word trust comes in. Because during these times, when my heart is so fragile and unsure, ultimately the only thing I can do is trust in the Lords plan for my life. I think this is something we often tell each other when upset. “Just trust him.” But do we take this to heart. Do we really trust. Because that is much easier said than done. To fully put our burdens and worries into his hands and just let go, that’s hard. Because sometimes as humans we feel like we need to be in control of our lives. And to a point this makes sense. We want to known what’s going on. But the truth is, we just aren’t in control. This life wasn’t designed by us but instead for us.

I’ve recently started reading the book “love does” by Bob Goff. This is a pretty popular book, I’ve just never gotten around to it until now, and wow I’m blown away. I followed him on twitter the other day because I am just so in love with the way he words things and his knowledge of the Lord. He wrote something the other day that I want to share because it personally hit me hard. He wrote “what if we found out that God’s big plan for our lives is that we wouldn’t spend so much of our time trying to figure out a big plan for our lives. Perhaps he just wants us to love him and love each other.” Like y’all wow. What a way to look at life. So essentially that’s how I’m trying to live. I need to stop trying to figure out how everything fits in the plan, let go, and trust. That’s it. It’s challenging but so far it has felt so fulfilling. As scary as life can be, God is greater than our fears and uncertainty. He’s not leading us anywhere he’s not going. Everyday Gods right by your side, I promise. Even on your worst days and hardest nights. He’s there holding your hand and cheering you on. No fear is greater than his love. So let go of what’s hurting in your life.

If you’ve been looking for a sign this is it. We cannot continue to let negative people/environments hurt us anymore. Let go of what’s hurting you. It can be so hard, I know. But let go and trust. Pretend you’re a skydiver with a parachute that has a 100% chance of opening. If this were true you’d be more likely to jump right. Because that’s God. He’s our 100% always going to open parachute. So take the leap and let go. Feel the wind and watch as the trust you’ve placed in the Lord’s plan for your life unfold into something beautiful. Look at life like Bob Goff and stop worrying about the what if’s and the what now’s and the when’s and start loving and living. Take the leap y’all and I’ll take it with you. The parachute on your back, he’s got your life in his control and he’s not going to let go. Because of him there’s a 100% chance you’re going to be ok. Let go and live y’all. Will you take the jump?

with love, Annie

Also heres the link to Bobs twitter:https://twitter.com/bobgoff?lang=en
and heres the link to his book Love Does: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Does-Discover-Secretly-Incredible/dp/1400203759