letting go

"The cross invites us to see grace where there is pain; to see resurrection where there is death. The call to be grateful is a call to trust that every moment can be claimed as the ay of the cross that leads to new life."

-Henry Nouwen

Lately I've experienced a lot of change, but isn't that just life? This change has made me tearful, dependent, and brought to my knees. Brought to the One who upholds my life. My fists are slowly becoming unclenched from the tight grasp I have on all the little things I try to hope in.

He has me in a new season. A time to trust Him for who He will be in my life. To recount His faithfulness in the past. To open my eyes to see His grace.

As I open my hands to what He leads me to I find peace. Peace that surely isn't from this world! In letting go we actually receive, it's amazing. We receive new blessings in the most unexpected of places when we have this grace to see in this way.

So, this faith holds us in a state of uncertainty. It teaches us to rest in who our Father is. I am learning to come into agreement with all that He says. To come to him as a child There is so much freedom in trusting Jesus. He will meet all of our needs. Every single one of them. He will meet them today and in the future. I've seen it happen too many times not to believe it! 

He loves us because that is just who He is. He is that good. I pray for more faith to always believe that. And I know that each time I open up my hands He will fill them again. And again and again.