Why Letting Go Is Crucial to Life's Journey

This theme has been popping up in my life a lot lately and I'm learning the importance of letting go and throwing out some things out in order to move forward. This isn't necessary a physical spring clean or letting go, but more emotional, mental and spiritual cleansing. Sometimes holding on seems safe, but it could be that exact thing holding us back from the life we should be living. And I'm in the middle of realising this myself - in order to move forward you need to let go! 
Whether it is having to let go of the familiar, the things that hold you back, or letting go and letting God, it's essential to leave those things behind in order to more forward. 

Here's Some Reasons I'm realising the Importance of Letting Go: 

1. To Move Forward
Letting go allows us to move forward, and move ahead in our lives. Life is like a race and similar to an athlete our aim is to reach the finish line. However, you can't reach the finish line by running the race with a backpack full of heavy bricks on your back. I mean you may get to the end, but it will take a very very very long time. Carrying all that weight and baggage will get in the way of getting through the race. So in order to run the race successfully and move forward you'll have to take off the baggage and leave it behind. 

2. To Be the Person You're Meant to Be
Holding onto baggage allows it to weigh a person down. Baggage can also hold you back from becoming the person you're supposed to be. Sometimes we get way too comfortable with what we are carrying that it becomes all too familiar and a part of everyday life.

God wants us to let go of our baggage and the things we are holding onto so that we can live the life He has laid out for us. If we let go we'll live a life of peace, joy and rest in God. 

'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest'  (Matthew 11:28)

3. To Step out of our Comfort Zone
Sometimes we need to let go, to move forward, and also move to the next level of our life. God never wants us to stay where we are or be at the same level we are at forever. Sometimes we need to let go and step out of our comfortable area in order to move to the next level. For example, an athlete cannot get better and start gaining their personal bests or become a better athlete if they're holding onto that bag full of bricks. They'll only stay at the same pace, struggling to push through, Never truly gaining their best or achieving to their next level. 

We need to let go in order to experience the level that God has set out for us which we are supposed to reach. 

4. To Be Free! 
And ultimately...Letting go sets us free! It's always great to experience freedom, and whether it's a case of letting go of mindsets, thoughts such as guilt, shame and hurt, letting go of control, of what someone has done to you, or letting go of fear. It allows us to be free! Freedom allows us to experience peace and the ability to enjoy our life. Similar to the athlete freedom gives us the ability to run as fast as we can without the baggage, weights or burdens. 

'I have come that they might have life, and live it to the full' (John 10: 10)

Recently I have definitely realised the importance of letting go in order to live life to its full. Letting go is an essential part of our journey. We all have a point in our lives where letting go is crucial to moving forward and getting to the next level in our lives. 

I'm letting go of a few things. Letting go and Letting God. Let's let go together!! 

xxx

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Why We Secretly Stalk Meagan Good & Devon Franklin!!

Firstly, this isn't about to be one of those posts to suggest you should be like Meagan Good and Devon Franklin, neither is it one which seeks to make you feel envious of the couple. But rather, things you can learn...I guess. (Or perhaps it's just our bias towards generally loving them! I dunno). Anyway...here are our actual reasons as to why....

1. They Waited
Waited for what you ask? Well I am still yet to buy this book so probably not as wised up as I should probably be - But I have read the blurb, and watched interviews leading up to the launch of their book titled,'The Wait' - speaking about how they waited for each other, waited on God and also waited to get married before having sex! 

Celibacy is definitely isn't widely celebrated in the 21st Century - soon as you do tell someone you are celibate it is usually followed with a sympathetic "Ahh, well good on you" response or a "Are you crazy?" response. But they still managed to be different from a large number of the population and do it the 'right way'. The couple spoke in interviews of how much of a positive impact it made on their relationship, by removing insecurities, the potential of being blinded by the physical or using sex to divert from real issues. 

People have probably forgotten or don't know (or maybe don't even care), but God did make sex for the enjoyment of marriage and not before it and this is something we definitely celebrate here at Modern Ladyhood *clap clap*


2. They wrote a book together
Yeah I know...more about this book! I don't know about you but a couple that can write a book together to me shows a great form of team-work!!! 
As a control freaked, perfectionist writer I literally couldn't even imagine sharing the pen with another person, someone else telling me what I wrote was wrong or I should change it! That might just be me. But even back in school I didn't like the English teacher telling me I was wrong -- I mean leave me to make up my own words in peace! Ha!

But this must have taken a huge amount of surrender on both parts. 


3. They're Hollywood but Human
I love the fact they promote things like celibacy and abstinence and loving GOD! Not very Hollywood really. It's just amazing that they are industry-focussed but still church-focussed. 
While some of hollywood are promoting crazy crazy and morrreee crazy lives these two are here talking about standing out, and not doing what the rest of the world are doing and highlighting the benefits in doing so. (Yup!)


4. They support each other 
Nowww we can't talk about how much we love them without talking about 'the incident' - yeah the incident... you know the one where that random woman shouted out to Meagan "We're going to cover up right" referring to her clothing and how inappropriate it is for the Christian world. Hmmm not the way to do it lady!

However, half of a second passes and Devon runs to her rescue, rising up in defence to protect his Queen from harm, like a Knight in shining armour ready to... (okay not exactly like that) but his response was fast, quick to defend and protect her! And that's the way it should be. The man protecting his wife!


5. They're inspirational
I have read Devon's book 'Produced By Faith' and what I loved about this book is his honesty and humility, speaking of reaching success as a Film producer, being humbled along his journey with many hiccups, but not allowing himself to forget who he is once gaining ultimate success and exposure through the production of the film 'The Pursuit of Happyness'. Generally not forgetting it was God who helped him get there, and remembering his calling to be a difference within the Film industry being both a Pastor and a Film producer. If that's not inspiring - I don't know what is. 


So I guess there are some things we can learn from the couple. Or maybe this was an excuse to do a post just for them? I don't know. Either way it's done now lol

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