letting go

 "If you cling to your life,

you will lose it;

but if you give it up for me,

you will find it."

Jesus speaking in Matthew 10:39

I distinctly remember my reaction in late 2007 when I realized that God wanted this verse to be one of the verses I held on to for the upcoming year of 2008.

I thought to myself, "Oh, crap!"

(I was SO holy back then... 😂 - as if I am now!)

All I saw was the losing part.

(Like I said, SO holy... 😉)

But at the beginning of 2008, I started to see that this verse wasn't about losing but about gaining - gaining the life I could never have imagined.

All that year, God whispered these words to me countless times...

"don't cling to your life..."

iow, "let go, follow Me, & see the life I'll give you."

This verse has haunted me ever since - almost 18 years.

God has built my life into things I never imagined for it.

These past 18 years, these 6 words are what I've said the most to Him...

"You want me to do WHAT?!"

(have I mentioned I have very holy responses? 😂)

So I try to not cling to what I think my life is supposed to look like.

It hasn't been all sunshine & roses, especially the last 12.5 years.

It has been a life like nothing I expected.

So, I've said all that to say this...

Don't cling to your life & what you think it should be like.

Let go of your life, & trust God to lead you into a life that He dreamed for you...

a life the likes of which you never could have imagined.