Caught by the past, Not fully present.
I was watching Nooma and in it was a phrase, are we fully present? When we are still holding on to how things were, our arms are not free to embrace today.
This morning when I woke, God gave me a picture of a little boy crying. His hands were firmly clenched around a cactus. The cactus was covered by sharp spikes and the spikes were the cause of the little boy's tears.
The easiest way to solve the pain, is to let go of the cactus. It is the cause of the pain, the cause of the problem.
But God showed me two things. 1. The little boy is not letting go because of pain. The process of releasing will introduce a higher level of pain at the instant of releasing. Physically, when we are firmly clenched onto something, letting go results in blood rushing into the area and causing more pain. In the same way, the little boy has tried to let go, but it resulted in more pain for a while, and he was unwilling to let go.
In life, letting go of the past means incurring a short run pain. This temporary but sharp pain will penetrate you. But like the little boy, to remove the source of the pain, we need to let go fully.
2. The little boy does not let go because of fear. The fear of the unknown. The fear of what happens if I let go. I have a cactus, yes it is painful, but feeling pain is better than feeling the pain of not feeing anything. Of not having anything. Possession no matter how painful is sometimes preferred to the uncertainty of not having anything.
In life, sometimes there are things that we are unwilling to let go because we lack knowledge. We do not know what is next, what happens next. We are stuck in a corner because of a fear of the light ahead. Of the freedom of today. We dare not let go, and embrace what we cannot see. The present.
But like a loving father, God will cleanse the wound, put healing salves on the injury, hold your hand, love you to health, that He may give you a better present. One that will not hurt. One that will bless you.
Jam 4:14 (NKJV) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Seize the day!
This morning when I woke, God gave me a picture of a little boy crying. His hands were firmly clenched around a cactus. The cactus was covered by sharp spikes and the spikes were the cause of the little boy's tears.
The easiest way to solve the pain, is to let go of the cactus. It is the cause of the pain, the cause of the problem.
But God showed me two things. 1. The little boy is not letting go because of pain. The process of releasing will introduce a higher level of pain at the instant of releasing. Physically, when we are firmly clenched onto something, letting go results in blood rushing into the area and causing more pain. In the same way, the little boy has tried to let go, but it resulted in more pain for a while, and he was unwilling to let go.
In life, letting go of the past means incurring a short run pain. This temporary but sharp pain will penetrate you. But like the little boy, to remove the source of the pain, we need to let go fully.
2. The little boy does not let go because of fear. The fear of the unknown. The fear of what happens if I let go. I have a cactus, yes it is painful, but feeling pain is better than feeling the pain of not feeing anything. Of not having anything. Possession no matter how painful is sometimes preferred to the uncertainty of not having anything.
In life, sometimes there are things that we are unwilling to let go because we lack knowledge. We do not know what is next, what happens next. We are stuck in a corner because of a fear of the light ahead. Of the freedom of today. We dare not let go, and embrace what we cannot see. The present.
But like a loving father, God will cleanse the wound, put healing salves on the injury, hold your hand, love you to health, that He may give you a better present. One that will not hurt. One that will bless you.
Jam 4:14 (NKJV) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Seize the day!
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posted by W | Saturday, August 09, 2008
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