Wonderful Wednesday: Let It Go
Why, yes. Yes, I did just reference a song from Frozen. If you don't know the movie or the song, please allow me to help you out from the rock under which you've been living. Now, let your eyes adjust to the light. Go ahead, we'll wait. Okay, ready? Lovely. Moving forward.
For pretty much the rest of the free world who've already seen the movie, you know that song is actually talking about letting loose more than letting go. Elsa has been holding her emotions in for years, hiding her feelings from the world. Now that she's alone in her ice castle atop the mountain, she can let go and actually feel.
Since the movie was released, nearly every time you hear someone say, "Let it go." you're very likely to then hear someone sing a line or two. If it's my daughter, Chloe, the singing is accompanied by grand gestures.
But here's the thing (and yes, that's one of my favorite phrases): when most people say "let it go", they're talking about relinquishing anger or fear or a grudge or all of the above. One of my kids is angry over something the other one said. A friend is mad about something another friend did. Someone is upset about some slight. We encourage them to let it go, because deep down, we all know anger isn't good. It's not healthy, it's not productive, and it's usually just blocking the rest of the good things in this life. So our advice is, "Let it go."
I was thinking about something this morning, something that ... well, it didn't so much make me angry as it surprised me. It bugged me, yes, but more like that annoying papery tag on the inside left hip of so-called tag-free t-shirts. Y'all know the one. It's got the care instructions on it, and it's made of the same stuff the do-not-remove-under-penalty-of-death tags on mattresses. That little tag is nearly always right at my waist, so I spend the day looking to see what's biting me. All. Day. Long. (I know, I know, I should just cut the tag off and let it go.)
For the most part, I've let this slight go. (Cue singing and grand gestures.) But I occasionally cross cyber-paths with the person who treated me to such nasty behavior. Each time that happens, I remember the ugly things she said to me. That happened this morning, just a few minutes ago. I remembered her less-than-Christian words and attitude. I remembered how stunned I was at her behavior--especially when I began to realize it wasn't an isolated incident. There was that little paper tag again, poking at me.
By now you're wondering how I'm getting a Wonderful Wednesday out of this, aren't you? Patience, friend, you know I always get there eventually. So here it is. Here's the payoff for reading this far.
God lets things go.
Yes, you need to actually ask for His forgiveness, but when you do, "... as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us." (Psalm 103:12) And He doesn't do it for His sake. He does it for my sake. Every time I've asked for mercy and forgiveness, God has taken my sin and let it go.
Tell me that doesn't make today a Wonderful Wednesday.
For pretty much the rest of the free world who've already seen the movie, you know that song is actually talking about letting loose more than letting go. Elsa has been holding her emotions in for years, hiding her feelings from the world. Now that she's alone in her ice castle atop the mountain, she can let go and actually feel.
Since the movie was released, nearly every time you hear someone say, "Let it go." you're very likely to then hear someone sing a line or two. If it's my daughter, Chloe, the singing is accompanied by grand gestures.
But here's the thing (and yes, that's one of my favorite phrases): when most people say "let it go", they're talking about relinquishing anger or fear or a grudge or all of the above. One of my kids is angry over something the other one said. A friend is mad about something another friend did. Someone is upset about some slight. We encourage them to let it go, because deep down, we all know anger isn't good. It's not healthy, it's not productive, and it's usually just blocking the rest of the good things in this life. So our advice is, "Let it go."
I was thinking about something this morning, something that ... well, it didn't so much make me angry as it surprised me. It bugged me, yes, but more like that annoying papery tag on the inside left hip of so-called tag-free t-shirts. Y'all know the one. It's got the care instructions on it, and it's made of the same stuff the do-not-remove-under-penalty-of-death tags on mattresses. That little tag is nearly always right at my waist, so I spend the day looking to see what's biting me. All. Day. Long. (I know, I know, I should just cut the tag off and let it go.)
For the most part, I've let this slight go. (Cue singing and grand gestures.) But I occasionally cross cyber-paths with the person who treated me to such nasty behavior. Each time that happens, I remember the ugly things she said to me. That happened this morning, just a few minutes ago. I remembered her less-than-Christian words and attitude. I remembered how stunned I was at her behavior--especially when I began to realize it wasn't an isolated incident. There was that little paper tag again, poking at me.
By now you're wondering how I'm getting a Wonderful Wednesday out of this, aren't you? Patience, friend, you know I always get there eventually. So here it is. Here's the payoff for reading this far.
God lets things go.
Yes, you need to actually ask for His forgiveness, but when you do, "... as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us." (Psalm 103:12) And He doesn't do it for His sake. He does it for my sake. Every time I've asked for mercy and forgiveness, God has taken my sin and let it go.
Tell me that doesn't make today a Wonderful Wednesday.
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