Let It Go!

At the end of this day,
may you look back and say:
I tried my best and I leave the rest
in the hands of my strength and my hope.

Then let it all go,
for surely you know
that unless you release, God can’t increase
the strength that you need each day.

I once knew a man
whose daily plan
was to fall on his knees and tearfully plead
for the Lord to transform his life.

But then he’d rise
and to his surprise
he still felt the grief, there was no relief.
The clouds were as dark as before.

“Where is the joy
I knew as a boy
I do not live now; help me somehow
to regain the meaning of life.”

Then his heart grew warm,
like the end of a storm,
when he heard a voice say, “I’ll show you the way,
but you have to let it all go.”

“The strength you find,
like sight to the blind,
is the gift I bestow, but you need to know
that you can’t take it back every time.”

“Once you offer in prayer
your grief or despair,
leave it all in my hands and then you can stand
transformed in my strength and love.”

Why so hard
to release to the Lord
the suffering we carry; why are we wary
of trusting His way and His word?

This thought is for you;
think it all through.
Leave it all behind, and then you will find
the strength to live and press on.