When I am faced with something to let go of in my life there is a sense of fear or impending doom. I suppose somehow that is natural unless of course it is something that I was only doing half-hearted. The strongest calls to release something have come through my dating relationship with God. It is not as though on our date the sky opens up and God says to me, “Colleen, let go”. It is more of gentle sense that something whether a thing, a relationship, an idea, or a way of being has outlived its usefulness. The fear comes when I am uncertain as to what will take its place. Who will I be? What will I do? What does this mean about me? God has shown me the call to release is a call to freedom. Since I am only learning what true freedom is, it is an uncertain concept to me. Living our lives attached to who we are on the outside in a limited universe means that if something is let go of there is a void. What I find instead is an in between space where God meets me face to face. Sometimes God holds me while I cry. Sometimes God laughs with me as I realize there is more room to connect with myself and what was I thinking holding on so tight. Sometimes there is an unexpected understanding of God that lies beyond my own imagination. Sometimes there is a quiet and a stillness and it feels like just me. The space before the realization of freedom can be short or long but my daily dates have given me practice in sitting in the in between space while trusting in God’s wisdom of what is truly free for me.
Be From Freedom!
on April 24, 2017My prayer for us to listen to the whispering calls from God to our freedom and have the courage to say yes today.
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