"Let It Go"
I've been caught sideways out here on the crossroads
Trying to buy back the pieces I lost of my soul
It's hard when the devil won't get off your back
It's like carrying around the past in a hundred pound sack
Today I'm gonna keep on walking
I'm gonna hold my head up high
I'm gonna leave it all behind
Today I'm gonna stand out in the rain
Let it wash it all away Yeah wash it all away
I'm gonna let it go Oh yeah
I'm gonna let it go Oh yeah
Skeletons and Ghosts are hiding in the shadows
Threatening me with all the things that they know
Choices and mistakes, they all know my name
But I'm through holding in and holding onto all that pain
I know I know I know I've been forgiven
I know I know I know I'm gonna start living
This week has been one of struggle... letting go, trying to figure it out. Tonight after hanging out with my gal pals, I realized that maybe I was pushing it too far. Maybe I don't have to know the answer RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE. Maybe forgiveness and grace- given to myself by God and given to others- comes quietly, like in gentle rain. The first verse of this song is what immediately caught my attention. How many times have I felt that sack of past sins being heaped back upon my shoulders?
The real clincher- the real piece of this story is when McGraw says,
"Choices and mistakes, they all know my name. But I'm through holding in and holding onto all that pain."
Tonight I am through. I choose to go to sleep tonight knowing that I am not my past mistakes. I can quit holding in and holding onto the pain that has collected in my life over the past few months.
I have a feeling in letting it all go right before bed, I may actually rest tonight. What about you guys? Are you holding onto stuff that you don't know how to let go of? or are you holding onto stuff that you aren't ready to let go of? Maybe open your clinched hand just a bit to feel the freedom of letting it go.
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