It is OK to Let Go and Let God take over.

It is not our place to carry on other’s burdens or offences. It is not God’s will for us to carry heavy stones of words and actions of others that broke our hearts either. Everyday, there is always going to be something that stings us the wrong way. If we choose to hold on to those hurts, those offences, it will weigh us down and take over our thoughts. We will become hurt, heavy and bitter.

God wants us to be happy, joyful, peaceful and to spread His love, His grace and His light. If we are holding onto past offences … No one will see our Lord through us, they will see the scars of others.

A couple weeks ago I went to a MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) meeting and our speaker focused on offences. I didn’t realize how hurt I was and how heavy I was from things that were done and said to me until the ending of her speech. With my eyes closed, I listened to her prayer. I felt my heart grow heavier and heavier as tears welled up in my eyes. I realized that I was guilty. I was guilty for holding on to a bag full of stones that I kept telling everyone I had let go of. I hadn’t let go. I still held on to all those hurtful words and actions. That was until I heard this woman’s prayer. I realized I was only causing myself more pain, frustration and creating a bitterness in my heart that I didn’t want when I really should have been releasing EVERYTHING that hurt to God.

Once I realized and released it ALL, once I traded my hurt heart for a new heart in Jesus, I instantly felt a weight lifted from my shoulders. I knew better… and everyone told me to just let it go. But it is easier said than done. I would drop it off at Jesus’s feet … but then I’d pick it back up at the end of the day. It wasn’t until I heard this speech that I truly understood that not only do I need to drop my bag of stones at the cross but I need to trade my heart in as well.

It isn’t meant to be easy, we’re human and it is much easier to get offended and hold on to those offences and share them with the world… but that isn’t want God wants from us, that isn’t what we should teach our children.

Jesus was offended is the WORST! And what did he do? He took it and he died for those offences, he died for our sin. He died so that we could live. So we need to Live! Live for Him and drop the hurt and share His love instead. We don’t know the other side, we need to think about how God sees our offenders and remember that words hurt everyone, so let that hurt turn to love and give them love in return. They could be hurting too. We don’t know.

I want to share the prayer that moved my heart so much. It is much better to close your eyes and listen to it than to read it. Here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuaFC5t5Kc&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

But here is the prayer as well. I listened to this video about 20 times in order to write down every word so that I could put it in my bible and read it every time I wanted to pick up my bag of stones. I hope it moves you as it moved me.

“Close your eyes and allow yourself to imagine.

Father, we want an unoffendable heart.

We want to be like Jesus, to allow the offences roll off of us. We want to release the offences that we’ve taken up and justified in thinking that we have the right to hold on to. So in Jesus name, to receive the new heart and new spirit right now, God, will you show us what the current state of our hearts look like?

And once we have that image, picture Jesus at the cross and take your heart to Him.

Jesus, take our cold hearts, our hurt hearts, our bruised hearts. We don’t want them anymore. We want to receive your heart, a new heart instead. Please exchange that for us, in Jesus name.

Father, with these new hearts that we have, will you reveal to us with spiritual eyes where we have been offended and all the thoughts that come to mind? Jesus, we ask that you bring this person to our minds, that maybe we need to forgive. Maybe show us the reactions to things that have been offensive to us.

So with this new heart, release the old, release the people, release the words and hand them to Him.

Father, we want to forgive those who have offended us and we ask you now to give us a picture of them in our minds… of how You see them Lord.

I declare over each of you today, in Jesus name, a blessing over all of us. The ugly words that people have said to you, about you, that they just wash off.

You know that you are loved by the King, that you know that you are a good mom, that you know you are a good wife, that you are beautiful, that you have purpose, that you are enough, that you are loved, that you are seen and that you are heard.

I pray Jesus, that you would fill those holes that we are filling right now, that you would fill them with your love and your spirit. I pray that we would walk out of here with a new found confidence in You. That we would know that no matter what people say, no matter what we say to ourselves, Lord that you would love us.

I say all these things in Your name, Jesus, Amen.”

You made beautifully in the perfect image of God <3 Don’t forget that.

God Bless

#LetGOandLetGOD