Sweet Surrender ~ Letting Go

So its happened. You're right in the middle of a crisis. Sleepless nights, constant worry, the million and one trips to the kitchen to open every cabinet and door.... only to grumble and go back to pacing the floor.

You are struggling. Trying to figure out what to do next.

Should you call a friend for advice and see what they think? Maybe scour the web for others opinions on how they did it? You have prayed, you have cried, you have gotten so mad that you couldn't even see straight anymore.

Sound like you?

I don't know how  many countless times in my life I have been where you are today. Thankfully I have learned a valuable lesson and each time the effects I listed above are less and less, and fewer and further between.

How?

Its like this: you are holding a broken radio. You have come to the repair shop to give it to the man who can fix it for you. After all, you have tried EVERYTHING yourself, and nothing has worked. You just simply dont have the tools to fix it. So you have brought it to the one who does, and the one who can.

 You hold out your broken radio to give it to him. He reaches for it, yet he cant take it because you are firmly holding on to the other end. You keep telling him "Thanks for fixing this for me. I really need your help. I have tried, but nothing is working. I trust you and I know that you can fix it for me"

Yet, he cant do anything with it because you wont LET GO. For some reason, deep down, you are thinking he needs your help. So, you had better hold on to a piece of it.

Problem is...until you learn to REALLY trust him by letting go of the radio, he cant take it to fix it. He doesnt need your help. He can do it. This is what he does.

As the radio leaves the room with him, just know that even though you cant see it anymore, its still being fixed. Relax.

I believe that its like that with God too. You have to give it to Him and LET GO FULLY.

Trust Him.

If you start to worry about it again, stop and thank Him for taking care of it. Find scriptures on Gods promises on the subject, then read them over and over again. Put those promises on a little index card and keep one in your car, on your bathroom mirror, and on your fridge.

Each time you pass it, read it.

Soon, you will see that your stress is leaving you. Things are turning around, and your life is beggining to get SO MUCH BETTER.

In our hands, its a mess. In Gods hands, it always a miracle. Just let go and let God.