Countdown

Wow- just 10 more days, and I and my team will be on our way back to Ukraine where my heart and a great part of my memory lives!!  O how I miss my precious friends and family when I'm here in the US.  They are such a part of me now.  After 18 trips (yes, this is my 19th trip to Ukraine) they are forever embedded in my heart and my mind.  I will write more about our trip later this week, but for now I want to share with you something that has come up again and again in my Bible studies the past few weeks.  

Let it go!  Are you like me and have trouble letting go of things once you latch on to them?  I mean things like guilt and condemnation - some of those things that "do so easily beset us".  O how easy it is to let things just bombard you to the point you don't sleep - you don't rest and try as you might you can't let go.  There are times when I can't even tell you what it is I'm holding on to because I've held on to it for so long!  I don't know what IT even is - I just know IT is driving me crazy!  Anyone out there like me??  In those times I have to stop and just "let it go" - what ever IT is - let IT go.  Give it over to God, and let Him deal with it.  After all, didn't He tell us to "cast all our care on Him"?  Here, my sweet internet friends, is a reminder for us all.

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......
    LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains .......
    LET IT GO!!!

If someone doesn't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth......
    LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you....
    LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge.....
    LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......
    LET IT GO!!!

If you! u 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!!!

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."  "Philippians 3:13b-14"