Learn To Let Go

Stop allowing yourselves to be...unsettled.
John 14:27

Some children at summer holiday camp were discussing creation. One asked,

"If everything has a purpose, how come God made poison ivy?"

Another replied, "Because He knows there are some things we should keep our hands off!"

Keeping your hands off certain things isn't easy,especially when you're insecure or controlling by nature. "But sometimes my partner drives me crazy."

Maybe you drive them crazy too! No two people are a hundred percent compatible.

God says, "A man [shall] leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one" ( Genesis 2:24).

"Leaving" is easy, but "becoming one"takes a life time of sacrifice and hard work!

Jesus said, "Stop allowing yourselves to be...unsettled" ( John 14:27).

You're doing it to yourself! Learn to "let go" and work on developing the fruits of the Spirit. That'll keep you busy! Letting go doesn't mean you don't care, it just means allowing others to learn from their consequences. It calls for focusing on Jesus rather than obsessing over the other person.

Isaiah 26:3 says, "You...keep in...peace all those whose thoughts are fixed on You."

Letting go means caring about instead of care-taking. It means stepping out of the middle and not trying to influence the outcome - like fixing, judging, nagging, scolding, arguing, criticising and regulating.
It's about facing each day with God's help and cherishing every minute. It's about realising that the only person you can change - is you!
It's about fearing less and trusting more.
It's about accepting that "amid all these things weare more than conquerors...through Him" ( Romans 8:37 ).