by Angeles

Created on: April 17, 2008

There is a popular saying I've heard many times. It says "Let Go and Let God." It is frequently used when someone is overwhelmed with circumstances or is so close to a situation that they are wrapped in fear over the outcome. Even when that applies to me, I have a hard time with that saying. What does it mean just let go? Just give in? Just forget about it? That saying never really gave me much comfort, even with multiple tries to do what it says.

Lately, however, I've been pondering that phrase in a different manner and feel I have something that is working better for me. I've been trying it this way: "Let God and Let Go". For me, that felt safer.

To "let go" of something, and then "let God", implied to me a time of "free-fall", albeit brief. By that I mean that in my mind after "letting go" there would be a time of just falling blindly, hoping it all would be ok. It involved a level of trust in the Universe or God that whatever I was letting go of would be safely caught. I guess I just don't have that level of trust yet, especially when the situation is so close to my heart and important to me. I'd like to have that kind of trust, but my truth is I don't. Not yet.

However, if I "Let God and [then] Let Go" what I'm actually doing in my mind is handing the situation over. Immediately, that feels so much better to me. I feel more in control in the releasing of the situation, which is also important to me. But instead of free-falling, I'm putting this person or situation in the care of God. I'm handing this thing over to a Higher Source, to the "care" of my God.

I know that if God cares for me, God will certainly care for the issues that bother me. It is always Gods will for us to be happy, joyous and free. So when I am holding on to something so tightly that I am not open to Gods plan for me, I am certainly not free. If I am not free, neither can I have any real or lasting happiness.

So I don't physically let go until I see my God with open palms, waiting for me to let go and hand it over. God is then holding my obsession in one hand, while holding my hand with the other. There is no free-fall for me or my obsession. I am safe, and I can see that it is safe as well. God is holding it and me, with hands of love. Therefore, all is well, and we walk on together.

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