Let it go...

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Registered: 05-06-2003
Let it go...
Thu, 10-21-2004 - 4:04pm

This is something I just read from another message board that I frequent from time to time. Thought some of you might like it. It is kind of harsh in some ways, but it is reality after all.

There are people who can walk away from you, and hear me when I tell you this, when people walk away from you, let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The Bible said that they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us, no doubt they would have continued with us. (1 John 2:19) People leave you because they are not joined to you, and if they are not joined to you, you can't get super glue and you can't make them stay. Let them go, and it does not mean that they are a bad person. It just means that their part in the story is over, and you've got to know when a person's part in your story is over, so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.

If you're holding onto something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to LET IT GO! If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth, LET THEM GO! If someone has angered you, LET IT GO! If you are holding onto some thoughts of evil and revenge, LET IT GO! If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction, LET IT GO! If you are holding onto a job that no longer meets your needs or talents, LET IT GO! If you have a bad attitude, LET IT GO!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better, LET IT GO! If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him, LET IT GO! If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship, LET IT GO! If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves, LET IT GO! If you're feeling depressed and stressed, LET IT GO! If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it", then you need to LET IT GO! Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. God is doing a new thing for you! Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct your paths.