For When You Need to Hold On or Let Go
Ask
What is the good that you hunger for today? What is the thing you know you want to release?
Listen
Learning to “let go” sounds wonderful if what you’re carrying is a heavy addiction, unforgiveness, or failure. But what if we’re holding on to so much that we can’t live without—a sick kid, an aging parent, or our own fragile hearts? Listen to Father Richard Rohr explain the strange math of knowing when to hold on and when to let go.
Pray
God, help me pry my fingers off, one by one, and let go of what I know does not actually help or satisfy. Awaken my desire to the place where You will meet me, Oh Lord, in Your beauty and goodness. And help me return again and again to this ebb and flow that is life-giving. Amen.