God wants us to empty our hands and give Him our thoughts and feelings.
He wants to free us from the snare of betrayal. The feelings of disappointment in former church leaders, the rage, the sadness, the loss.
............The feeling of bending so far we fear we might break.
He was broken. So we don't have to be.
He was betrayed and can relate to that emotion.
I'm sure he felt sadness, disappointment, anger..........
But He also can take it from us.
If we let it.
I need to empty my hands of the holding on................
I am holding my hands tightly fisted and like sand slips through those tightly closed fists, so. too. do the past leaders/friends, past church, past experiences slip through............
It will be much faster if I just open my fists and let them fall..........
He can catch them......
.....and then I'll be free..............
4 comments:
Thank you Faith for this timely post. Even if I think my own hurts from others are burnt toast by comparison, I still need to do this with them in God's presence. Kathy P
Kathy!! thanks for commenting! Yes....it is SO important I am learning (from my pastor's wife) to just let go and even though it's facing a "loss" with grieving involved, it is better to be free from all the hurt, pain, or whatever it was that brought you to that tight fisted feeling of "needing" to hold on. do you know what I mean??
I think we don't allow ourselves that grieving for whatever reason. Maybe we don't even realize that we need to grieve. Good post, Faith.
susanne! Yes....sometimes we don't know we need to grieve a loss to get past it. other times I know it but don't WANT to. THAT's what I am working on currently. God is faithful though and will meet us right where we are. Of that I am convinced.
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