June 22, 2014
Here's a little Sunday message:
Many years ago, I owned a particular slip that I hated. (Yes, just the kind that women wear under dresses and skirts.) It was fine originally, but through the years, the elastic in the waist stretched out, and it was always falling down, twisting around, or riding up. I should've gotten rid of it, but I just kept hanging on to it, mostly in case the other slips were dirty, too long, etc. but every time I wore it, it CONSUMED me. It was uncomfortable, and I would forget how much I hated it until I left to go somewhere, and then my thoughts were always on it.... checking, rearranging, pulling up, pulling down.
One day, I was in a hurry to go to a Young Women activity where I had to wear a dress. I got dressed, couldn't find my good slip, and pulled on the hated one. As we were walking down the street in a huge crowd of women to a meeting, my slip suddenly fell straight to the ground. Embarrassed, I just stepped out and kept on going. (Disclaimer.... I do NOT condone littering. I should've gone back, but I didn't.) And you know what? I felt FREE. RELIEF. I had been hanging on to that stupid slip for so long, and all I needed to do was let it fall and walk away.
How many of us have that one thing in our lives that is a constant irritant? Yet we hang on to it. Maybe we feel like we need it. Maybe we don't know how to let it go. Whether it's guilt, anger, offense, sin, feelings of inadequacy.... whatever it is that is causing us discomfort, irritability, pain, or distress, that one thing that constantly stresses you and consumes you, know that you CAN let it go. Drop that slip on the street and walk away. You will feel such a great weight removed from yourself when you do!
Happy Sunday Blessing to all of You, my friends! Keep your chin up. You are GOOD, STRONG, and ENOUGH.
Many years ago, I owned a particular slip that I hated. (Yes, just the kind that women wear under dresses and skirts.) It was fine originally, but through the years, the elastic in the waist stretched out, and it was always falling down, twisting around, or riding up. I should've gotten rid of it, but I just kept hanging on to it, mostly in case the other slips were dirty, too long, etc. but every time I wore it, it CONSUMED me. It was uncomfortable, and I would forget how much I hated it until I left to go somewhere, and then my thoughts were always on it.... checking, rearranging, pulling up, pulling down.
One day, I was in a hurry to go to a Young Women activity where I had to wear a dress. I got dressed, couldn't find my good slip, and pulled on the hated one. As we were walking down the street in a huge crowd of women to a meeting, my slip suddenly fell straight to the ground. Embarrassed, I just stepped out and kept on going. (Disclaimer.... I do NOT condone littering. I should've gone back, but I didn't.) And you know what? I felt FREE. RELIEF. I had been hanging on to that stupid slip for so long, and all I needed to do was let it fall and walk away.
How many of us have that one thing in our lives that is a constant irritant? Yet we hang on to it. Maybe we feel like we need it. Maybe we don't know how to let it go. Whether it's guilt, anger, offense, sin, feelings of inadequacy.... whatever it is that is causing us discomfort, irritability, pain, or distress, that one thing that constantly stresses you and consumes you, know that you CAN let it go. Drop that slip on the street and walk away. You will feel such a great weight removed from yourself when you do!
Happy Sunday Blessing to all of You, my friends! Keep your chin up. You are GOOD, STRONG, and ENOUGH.
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