TO LET GO AND TO LET GOD

     WHETHER TROUBLED BY THE INSURMOUNTABLE, WHETHER WANTING OR NEEDING A PARTICULAR BLESSING, WHETHER SEEKING FOR ANSWERS IN CONFUSION AND HELPLESSNESS OR WITH A CLEAR MIND AND CALM HEART, TO LET GO AND TO LET GOD AS THEY SAY, IS THE FIRST STEP TO RECEIVING ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE NEEDS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T PARADISE. WE HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. WE, BEING HUMAN, BEING IMPERFECT, ARE WEAK, AS GOD INTENDED, THAT THE STRENGTH OF HE, THE ALL-POWERFUL AND ALL-KNOWING, MAY BE SHOWN IN AND THROUGH US. TO LET GO AND TO LET GOD, IS TO HUMBLE ONESELF, TO KNOW IN FULLNESS, WITH FIRM FAITH, THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD, KNOWING FULLY THAT GOD CAN AND WILL PROVIDE--SO LONG AS WE DO OUR SHARE TO ASK AND WORK FOR THAT WHICH WE PLEAD. THAT SAID, HOW CAN WE NOT BE AT EASE? SUCH IS THE MEANS TO MY CALMNESS AND PEACE OF MIND.
     AS MENTIONED, LETTING GO AND LETTING GOD IS BUT THE FIRST STEP, THE FIRST STEP OF MANY AND THUS, WHAT LIES BEFORE US IS A STAIRCASE. SOMETIMES THE STAIRCASE IS SHORT. SOMETIMES IT'S MINDBOGGLINGLY LONG, WITH TWISTS, TURNS AND EVEN OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY. EITHER WAY, THE PATH TO THE ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS WE SEEK IS JUST THAT, A PATH, AND WITH THIS PATH, FOR US, IS A JOURNEY. EASY TO TRAVERSE OR NOT, HOWEVER LONG OR PERILOUS THE JOURNEY, THE WAY BETWEEN POINT A AND B, WITH POINT B BEING THE DOOR BEHIND WHICH LIES OURS ANSWERS, THE JOURNEY IS THERE TO SHAPE US. SO OUR WANTS, NEEDS, TROUBLES AND QUESTIONS ARE NOT MERELY DAILY, HUMAN CONCERNS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MOLDING OF OUR CHARACTER, OUR GROWTH. ANSWERS, PEACE AND GROWTH: IT ALL BEGINS WITH LETTING GO AND LETTING GOD...

*3-10-13 edit: Surely enough, a few days after posting this blog and for the rest of that week, severe trials came. They began just as I was preparing for midweek services, some hours before, the lesson being about tests, about trusting in God! The timing!