The Gentle Art of Letting Go

Elijah didn't grab on and held onto what he knew, what he understood of the God of his past - indisputable and genuine as his knowledge was .  

There are times when we think, when we believe that if we let go of what we have become convinced of, what has become so dear to our hearts that it is almost indistinguishable from our very essence, that if we let go of it, our God will somehow become diminished.

Or, rather, we will be diminished by the act of letting go.  That something of the reality of our experience will forever be lost if we unfurl our clenched fingers and open up.  

Strange as it may feel, nothing could be further from the truth.

In fact, if we hold on when it’s time to let go – in that very act of holding on – life begins to unravel. And without letting go, we are unable to embrace the fresh revelation from God - today.

Because, even though God is everlasting, eternal - he is the I AM.

Present.

Here. 

Now.

And if we have known Him as the God of Fiery Flames but stay cemented in a religious museum of the past, unyielding and dogmatic we’ll never know Him as the God of the Present...

The God of the Gentle Blowing...

Of the Quiet Soft Whisper...

Of the Still Small Voice...

Of the Sound of Gentle Stillness...

The very Breath of God.  The very Breath of Life.