Thoughts on the process of letting go. . .

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you get encouragement, but it doesn't sick in right away? Sometimes it takes another persons encouragement to just let it all sink in and be absorbed into you heart and mind. 

"Pleasant words are like honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones"

Proverbs 16: 24

  

To be honest I have been struggling for a while. I have often found myself in difficult situations. I let myself get down, I focus on the negative, I realize that I start fighting a fight that I just can't win. I say I'm trusting in God, praying, asking for guidance and direction. When we ask God will always answer. Sometimes he answers through other people. Sometimes he says their is no right or wrong, as long as we are committed to him in whatever we do. Sometimes it takes some really special people to give you the encouragement that makes it all sink in. Amongst all the advice I was given, my very wise grandmother said something in a very simple way, that encouraged me the most. "You just have to tough it out, I just have to tough it out. We'll tough it out together." 

 " The LORD works out everything for his own ends. . . and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord."

Proverbs 16: 4, 20 

That's is something we all have to do. Tough it out, together. Even when a perverse man stirs up dissension and gossip separates good friends ( Proverbs 16:28). Even when we've lost a loved one. Even when it seems like there is too much pressure, work is too hard, no one is around to care, you feel alone, you feel scared, you're struggling or being tempted to do something, and to go on any longer living like that seems like a little bit of your soul will be chipped away, You have to tough it out. You have to let go and let God, like Dewayne Woods sings. 

There’s so much going on 

Sometimes I can’t find my way 

And often times I struggle 

Struggle from day to day 

I have to realize that it’s not my battle 

Not my battle to fight 

I have to know if I put it in your hands 

Everything will be alright 

As soon as I stop worrying, 

Worrying how the story ends 

I let go and I let God 

Let God have His way 

That’s when things start happening 

When I stopped looking at back then 

I let go and I let God Have his way 

Let God have His way 

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"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps" Proverbs 16:9 

So let go and let God.  
This is as much or even more for me than anyone else.