Sunday, February 10, 2019

Dear God,

Sometimes we hold tight to what we have for fear of losing it.  Money, children, friends, spouses and more.  The tighter we cling, the greater the fear.

Years ago I held fast, so tightly that I lost sight of everything around me.  I stopped eating, started losing weight.  I could hardly study thinking if I did not keep my mind on him, I would somehow lose him.  I let things go.  I forgot, was distracted and crazy.  In the end, I got what I wanted but the price I paid was a really big one.

When we trust you for everything, I mean everything, we need not hold fast to one thing.  The more we trust and release our hold, the more freedom we have, the greater the hope and joy.  We prepare ourselves for your will.  We anticipate our closeness, yours and ours, and we are able to be patient, to lean forward with you and to wait until the time is your time, not our own.

What we need hold fast to is our faith, that belief system, personal relationship and way of being.  When we cling to you, the more the future opens up to us.

You are God;
there is none
like you.
When we
trust you,
we discover
a great world
waiting for us.
Teach us
to trust more
and cling less.

Love, Andrea