Letting go...
Looking from my back porch this morning I can see that in my neighborhood the leaves on the trees are beginning to change colors. The leaves changing colors seems a bit early for my part of the country this year, but nevertheless the process has begun and the trees are following suit in accordance with what nature is doing. The obedience to the call of nature always astounds me in the plant and animal kingdoms; you don’t see them fighting against and resisting the change of seasons…they just flow with what is and fall into Yah’s plan.
I guess that we humans are the ones that really have a hard time flowing with the seasons of change in our lives. I have had many conversations with folks that are going through challenges and most of the time the simple answer is “let go”. Letting go may very well be one of the hardest things that we have to do in our lives…at least it is for me at times. Letting go means that you lose control and that is not a comfortable feeling is it? No matter what personalty type you may be, “letting go” is always a process. Whether it is letting go of a person, place or thing, it takes time to come to the realization that when you release your control, no matter how minute that may be, then it is out of your hands…and so is the outcome…and that is where trust comes in.
When we try to hold on to people, places or things when that season is up, it causes a disruption in the plan that Yahuah has for us. In our places of comfort or possessiveness we want to hold on thinking that we are the key to it’s existence or progress, when in actuality by holding on we are not only slowing the progress but also alleviating any good progression in our lives. Just think, if the leaves held on to their leaves through the winter’s cold and decided to skip the process of releasing its foliage; the leaves would be frost bitten, turn black and the tree would not have a time of rest to replenish for spring when it can produce new and fresh foliage. Instead, as the tree gives the passing season a last hurrah with a brilliant show of color, it releases what is its crowning glory and prepares for a new season…the tree submits to Yah’s call of “letting go” and the plan of progression is in action.
We have the absolute best example in Yah Himself in “letting go”, when He gave us a free will. He created man whom He could easily have made a robot that only acted on His command; but out of His love and wanting us to obey Him out of our love for Him, He gave us a free will…He “let go”. He knew that we would blow it, but He let go, believing that for those that truly love Him, would one day be redeemed.
That is how we must live. Letting go is never easy, it is hard to let go of a loved one or a person that you have been praying and believing for years, It is hard to let go of a possession that may be dear to you, it is hard to move on from a place where you have been involved and sown into for years…but there may come a time when Yahuah is calling you to let go and REALLY allow HIM to take charge and direct the outcome. Do you trust Him? Do you believe that Yahuah is big enough to handle something that you may have been holding on to for years? Of course He’s big enough, so try REALLY letting go this time and see what the next season has for you. You can trust Yahuah Who sees and knows all things.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says Yahuah. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
I guess that we humans are the ones that really have a hard time flowing with the seasons of change in our lives. I have had many conversations with folks that are going through challenges and most of the time the simple answer is “let go”. Letting go may very well be one of the hardest things that we have to do in our lives…at least it is for me at times. Letting go means that you lose control and that is not a comfortable feeling is it? No matter what personalty type you may be, “letting go” is always a process. Whether it is letting go of a person, place or thing, it takes time to come to the realization that when you release your control, no matter how minute that may be, then it is out of your hands…and so is the outcome…and that is where trust comes in.
When we try to hold on to people, places or things when that season is up, it causes a disruption in the plan that Yahuah has for us. In our places of comfort or possessiveness we want to hold on thinking that we are the key to it’s existence or progress, when in actuality by holding on we are not only slowing the progress but also alleviating any good progression in our lives. Just think, if the leaves held on to their leaves through the winter’s cold and decided to skip the process of releasing its foliage; the leaves would be frost bitten, turn black and the tree would not have a time of rest to replenish for spring when it can produce new and fresh foliage. Instead, as the tree gives the passing season a last hurrah with a brilliant show of color, it releases what is its crowning glory and prepares for a new season…the tree submits to Yah’s call of “letting go” and the plan of progression is in action.
We have the absolute best example in Yah Himself in “letting go”, when He gave us a free will. He created man whom He could easily have made a robot that only acted on His command; but out of His love and wanting us to obey Him out of our love for Him, He gave us a free will…He “let go”. He knew that we would blow it, but He let go, believing that for those that truly love Him, would one day be redeemed.
That is how we must live. Letting go is never easy, it is hard to let go of a loved one or a person that you have been praying and believing for years, It is hard to let go of a possession that may be dear to you, it is hard to move on from a place where you have been involved and sown into for years…but there may come a time when Yahuah is calling you to let go and REALLY allow HIM to take charge and direct the outcome. Do you trust Him? Do you believe that Yahuah is big enough to handle something that you may have been holding on to for years? Of course He’s big enough, so try REALLY letting go this time and see what the next season has for you. You can trust Yahuah Who sees and knows all things.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says Yahuah. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
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