Let it Go

‘Let it go, let it go!’ I’ve got a precious picture in my mind’s eye (I don’t seem to have it on my camera...) of Felicity sitting on her Daddy’s knee, watching her favourite film, Frozen, and belting out one of the songs with real gusto and panache. Out of the mouths of babes ... The memory brings a smile of delight to my face every time I entertain it.

I don’t know the lyrics so am not sure what the girl singing the song is counselling about, but through that one repeated phrase I hear God speak. ‘Let it go!’ Let it go. Easier said than done. In my experience, it usually needs to be done repeatedly before I finally relinquish ‘it’, whatever that may be, to God. 

He knows. Come to me, he invites, and I’ll help you rest. We wait in hope for the Lord, for he is our help and our shield, the psalmist writes (33:20). That’s easier said than done, too, but as I restrain my impulses and encourage myself to wait, I see Him act in amazing ways. 

Stewarding my mother’s resources so that she can have all the best care she will need until she joins Jesus, I am constantly tempted down the path of worry. I am in uncharted territory. It is a decision and an act of will and self-discipline to pull myself away from that path of worry again and again and instead ‘let it go’ and wait in hope for the Lord, trusting that he guides my decisions and loves Mom even more than I do.

That’s just one of the worry paths that tempts me, but today I embrace the faith in Jesus which enables me to let it go, again.