It’s Five Minute Friday and I am joining Lisa-Jo Baker and other FMF girls to write flat out for five minutes. No editing, no polishing, and then linking up together. I am loving this challenge! I hope you enjoy it too! Check out what Five Minute Friday is all about here!
RELEASE
GO…
The day dawned brightly
Hope rose with the sun on the horizon
Anticipation and promise of all the day would bring loomed large
Summer vacation had begun!
Magical words for every teacher who had spent nine months dreaming of this day – during the long winter, a grueling spring –
Through testing, teacher evaluations, lesson plans, grading – a seemingly endless cycle that ended and dawned with a brightness worthy of SPF 50 sunscreen!
Now with the beginning of summer vacation, I longed for slow-down days and evenings accompanied by a day planner blank with an empty schedule.
And then – the first whisper floated in through my open bedroom windows. I grasped to catch hold of the words ebbing and flowing with the gentle breeze.
Faint at first and then stronger, the whisper called – Release it all to me!
God was calling gently for me to let go of the last nine months full of stress, a treadmill style pace and the constant worry – did I teach it right, did the students learn, will this look good for my evaluation and are the students ready for the state test. LET. IT. GO!
God was ready to catch my messiness from the last year and fill me instead with His love, strength and renewed spirit. The only catch – release it all to Him.
Releasing it all to God allows Him to replace our worthlessness with His goodness. Releasing fills us with a fullness we need to move forward!
Release it all today! God’s ready! Will you let go and release your worries to God today?
Blessings,
Mary
Linking with the lovely Lisa Jo… and my beautiful friend, Barbie at The Weekend Brew
What a wonderful gift from our Father! So glad you are able to release it all to Him and praying that you have a fabulous and rest-filled summer!
Thanks for the prayers! Saying I will release it all and actually doing it are two different things. I do stand in the truth that God is willing to take it all if I just let go! Blessings, Holly!
I am thankful that I can release everything to God, and that He comes and fills me fresh and anew! Enjoy your summer.
I am so thankful too! I must admit that letting go isn’t always as easy as I would like. Thank you for you weekly link up and for stopping by!
I know what you mean in your quote…the underlying meaning that is. But want to challenge you on one thing. God has created us with WORTH. (Gen. 1:26-27,Psm. 139:13-16,Eph. 1:4,Eph. 1:13-14) While it is true that we weren’t worthy of His love, He gave it to us! (John 3:16) And how He sees us is not as worthless, but as dearly beloved. While our worry can be a sin issue, God still sees us as His beloved child. Releasing it means that I rest in Him to take care of me…and not in myself. Yes, we replace our worry with worship, His goodness and rest…and that is what I know you mean. I hope you have a good summer of rest. My teaching days are gone for now; I’ve entered a different season of life….God is good, all the time. Blessings to you.
You are absolutely right that God’s view of us is one of love and acceptance. The worthlessness comes from our view of ourselves because we feel we are not good enough, pretty enough, or talented enough to measure up. The gift is that letting go of these feelings allows God to replace them with His love and grace – His gifts to us. Blessed you stopped by! I m looking forward to this time of rest. Happy weekend!
I could just feel myself relaxing and letting go as I read your words. We don’t realize how tense and burdened we are until we stop. When we are still before Him, He can empty us and fill us again. Thanks for a great post! #fmf
Blessed you stopped by! The beauty of letting go is that God is willing to fill us with His grace and love. It is His gift to us! Thank you for your encouraging words! Blessings!
I love this perfect upside down logic that when we release it to HIM, we end up not with emptiness but with the fullness that obedience gives us. Love it!
Amen to the release of all to God! God loves to bless us and fill us with His goodness. This gift is ours if we just let it go! Blessed you stopped by!
Enjoy these days, my friend. You’ve worked hard. Rest well, rest deep …
I will rest deep because I’m headed to the beach for a week’s vacation! Enjoy your week too!