topic of the week. LETTING GO

[Lin]

I never heard of letting go before I found a recovery meeting. I thought holding on meant I was being strong and determined. I was only hanging on to things that were not mine to control. They were not mine to change. ONce i let go and let my HP step in and do HIS job, I found some peace and serenity in my life. It's like my own stubbornness of holding on was making me miserable.

LIN

[BW]

LETTING GO isn't easy..Soometimes my wants and needs get mixed up and or my forgetter works overtime and I don't stop to think that God does supply all my needs

When I "think" there is something I think I need I have tendency to hang on with rebellious stubborness..I need the constant reminders that my wants are never satisfied and that God does in fact meet all my needs...

I agree with you Lin...the otehr times that it is very difficult is when I think it is mine to control or change. Sometimes those boundary lines get blurry especially if my thinker is broke.

The best I can do for others is to pray for them and allow God to do His will, whatever that may be, and I must remember when I place my request before Him I must add the qualifier..."THY WILL BE DONE" ...It is not my job to tell Him how to wrok something out or give him a timeline..I let go and move back into my own hula hoop.

Great topic Lin..Thanx

[Lin]

Great remninder BW....THY WILL BE DONE...can definitely help with the letting go.

LIN

[SunnyGirl]

Good topic Lin.....

I really, really struggled with this in the beginning.
I'd fought so long to fix my broken loved ones and
admitting defeat seemed cowardly..... The Broken
Dreams poem reminded me of what my problem
was.....

But then, instead of leaving Him,
in peace, to work alone;
I hung around and tried to help,
with ways that were my own.

I'd pray and give my problems to God, but by
morning I was right back in the same old pattern.
I think back now and I believe it was all part of the
journey. As my faith grew and my relationship with
God became closer, it got just a little easier. I've
always been hard headed and it just took a little
time to sink in.... but for each time I picked up my
problems instead of letting God handle it, I learned
a lesson. It's all the little lessons that have added
up and changed my life today. When I am tempted
I pray.... thy will not my will Lord!

Peace on the journey, SG