Letting Go

I pray every day. I pray every night. Last night my prayers lasted exceptionally long. One of my prayers was for Him to help me let things go. I can no longer stress about things I can not control. I asked Him to help me learn to just let it go. Give all my worries, concerns, and mean feelings I have to Him. I woke up this morning with a renewed sense on life. I have let it all go!

Some people come into our lives and stay only for a short while. Some of those people are friends, acquantences, neighbors, spouses of friends, family and just random people you very briefly meet. Over the past several years different people have come into my life. Some of these people have been true blessings to me- the most important my son! Then there are a few people that have left me wondering why God brought them into my life. I am not one to fight or argue. Yes I will defend myself if need be, however, I am not one to play any type of fighting game. A lot of stress has rested on my shoulders lately. Stress about my Grandfather, stress about my job, stress about my son having chickenpox, stress about my house not selling, stress about my Grandmothers well being, stress about EVERYTHING. So this morning when I woke up with that renewed sense I said to myself "I am just going to let it ALL go". I have decided to not stress about people who cause me stress for no apparent reason (no, I am not talking about the stresses I named above). God has a plan for them. I pray it is a good plan, a fullfilling plan. I prayed that these certain people who have caused unnessary stress in my life find the Lord.

I pray that these people find Christ. I pray that all the anger and bitterness they have in there heart is flushed out and filled with His love. I have let it go. In doing so, I distance myself from those people, and this is OK. I have become the better person by not stooping to there level and praying that they find the Lord.

Sometimes letting go of friendships is the best thing to do. I have realized that this must be done and will benefit all parties involved. Life is a series of choices of how to behave. Often we make those choices automatically, without really being aware of what we are choosing and why. There is no point in denying that sometimes you have to let it go and realizing that there is no future in wallowing in it. Letting go is simply making a decision- no longer to allow something from the past to influence my life now or to reduce my inner sence of well being .