Topic for the Week: Let Go and Let God

[caressa]

Will post more later, but was thinking, it is so easy to say but not so easy to do. I can do it, it is about keeping it in God's hands and not taking it back.

I thought I had accepted the fact that my son just might choose to carry the message "To use is to die." Yet my thinking the last few days leads me to realize that I need more work on this area.

I pray he choses recovery. He doesn't seem to realize the freedom it brings.

It was a toss up between this and detachment. Chose this one, because in order to detach, I need to let go.

[SunnyGirl]

Sometimes old feelings, old attitudes and old behaviors
rear their ugly heads when we least expect it -- which is
anytime, really, since I'm always trying to keep a lid on
the "old" and move on with the new. But, we're not
perfect though, are we?

I was having a pity party the other night, feeling sorry
for myself..... I know better, of course, but that's the
cunning part of self-pity. It shows up unannounced and
there's no good reason for it...

This time though, God put a person, place or event in
my path and I quickly was reminded me that life isn't
alway all about me. This was enough to remind me to
let go and let God handle the situation. We always
have a choice of taking it back and carring those thoughts
around with us. But, for me it's always such a sense of
relief to just let go and remember the lesson.

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[BW]

Let go....No, it isn't always easy..The concept itself is easy...But the very idea of unclasping the fingers and uncurling the palms...Good grief...that's a task!!!...Leaving it alone and not picking it back up...Are you kidding? What would I be without it? How would I feel without that worry or concern? What would I do with my time?

And in walks Faith and says.."Trust"..."Be in the moment..."Enjoy what is right now"...."Discover who you can be and what the creator has for you right now this moment."

[caressa]

I tell my self that I have let go and then i realize that there is always a 'but' following the thought, generaly, but if he called and let me know he is still alive, I am okay with what he is doing.

Tonight he did call. He arrived late Friday and tells me he has a lot of contacts out there.

It was great to hear his voice and know he is okay. He informed me that there were lots of places to eat free and he wasn't going hungry.

I pray that he is led to where he needs to go to do what is right for him.

[BW]

That's good to hear Car

[caressa]

Surrender isn't  giving up it is giving over.

[majestyjo]

Letting go getting out of the way, so your God can work through you.