Letting go......

We have all heard the saying, "Let go and let God". As cliche as it sounds, it's actually pretty sound advice.
Our sins, when we ask for forgiveness with sincerity, are removed and forgotten.

"He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west." Psalm 103:12 NLT

When we keep revisiting these things we aren't letting it go. We are hoarders of sin, even if it's been forgotten by God our Father.

For a New Year's activity I burned a list of hurtful things that happened in my life in 2011. I have always had a problem with letting go of things in my past that either hurt me or I just couldn't forget.
This year I made a vow to make it different.  I wrote my list ( 4-5 pages, I know) and at the kitchen sink I prayed and cried over that list, revisiting everything for one last time, then I set it on fire. As I watched it burn, a weight lifted off of me.

God is faithful and comes through for us each and every time we seek him.  It may not be in our timing, but God is there for us, always waiting and ready to hold our hands and lead us through the darkest of dark places.
This year is a lesson in letting go and letting God. It's never to late to grow in your faith. God has not called me to give up, he has not called me to run and hide. He has called me to press on in his will for my life.

"I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.  No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us." Philippians 3:12-14 NLT