Strong spirits: let go

I have a recurring thought, a life lesson, an anchor.  I’m not sure when it began... This thought has time and again lifted me out of a funk or a potential hole and set me gently on the edge, and then the full safe plain of hope and joy. 

It is this: we ought to - and we can - let go of our problems and pains, our struggles and strains, entrust them to God and be done with them.  Trust him for the next steps.  Relax. Smile. Trust.  It works just as well for our blessings.  Letting them go means we needn’t cling to them, needn’t protect them, needn’t hoard them.  Rather, we recognize who gave them to us in the first place and entrust them to him.

Somehow, all of this ties into living fully in each moment, savoring it for what it is, good or bad.  Living each moment fully in the presence of the One who holds all moments and gladly gives them out.  How I tend to rush through life!  I miss so much!  I know this life is not all there is.  But this life is a gift, and I ought to cherish it and live it fully, joyfully, recklessly, every day I’m given.  And I can’t do that if I’m worried or hurried.  I can only do that if I give everything over to Him from whom life and all its richness come.

Stop worrying!  Stop fretting!  Start noticing!  Start embracing! Start living!  Let go!