Whilst you might have stumbled across this post thinking that this write up for you, rest assured, this is actually a preaching to myself. Which I do everyday. Every. Freaking. Day.
A few months ago, our church hosted an overnight family camp that encouraged people to encounter GOD in their life. The place was incredibly nestled between mountains, and trees and cliffs and valleys that would make you wonder how the heck did the constructions workers made their way to even finish the cabins designed.
Along with the camp were a few activities that you can do for fun. Rock Climbing. Canoeing. Bush Hiking and my all time favourite; the Flying Fox.
Flying fox is an outdoor activity where you will jump from one side of a river to another. You will be tied into a rope with harnesses and all the other knick knacks where you will literally make your way to the other side of the river with a single rope hanging above you.
O well, I’m really bad at explaining things so just have a look at how scary it is:
A few months ago, our church hosted an overnight family camp that encouraged people to encounter GOD in their life. The place was incredibly nestled between mountains, and trees and cliffs and valleys that would make you wonder how the heck did the constructions workers made their way to even finish the cabins designed.
Along with the camp were a few activities that you can do for fun. Rock Climbing. Canoeing. Bush Hiking and my all time favourite; the Flying Fox.
Flying fox is an outdoor activity where you will jump from one side of a river to another. You will be tied into a rope with harnesses and all the other knick knacks where you will literally make your way to the other side of the river with a single rope hanging above you.
O well, I’m really bad at explaining things so just have a look at how scary it is:
Ok, that was me before the jump. Haha.
But if there is one thing that GOD has taught me during this activity, it is this lesson that has been in my vocabulary for the past month.
Just let go.
I wish that I could do that as easily as I have done in the Flying Fox, but everyday is like a massive lecture day from the Lord on how I should (and could) let go if I really want to. Coz when I do, it wouldn’t be so hard for me to go on the other side of pain. I will be able to move on. I will be invincible. I will be able to laugh precariously again. I will be able to look back and smile in spite of it all.
But then again, being the complicated girl that I am, I still have to be reminded about these simple truths:
Letting go is far beyond being apathetic of the people that has literally crushed your heart. It is more of accepting the events that GOD has so masterfully orchestrated in your life because HE knows (I repeat, HE KNOWS) that His glory will be revealed all the more.
Letting go is far beyond burying good/bad memories of certain events, wishing that you can be like Dory or better yet, have selective amnesia. It is being at peace knowing that Jesus, Your Father, Saviour, and Lover has got you in HIS hands. His all powerful, all protecting, all knowing hands.
So that was what I have been trying to do for a few days now. Somehow, I am reenacting the seconds when I was doing the flying fox in an attempt to apply them in my life.
And heck yes, I am making this bold and signifying decision.
I will let go.
“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus”.
I wish that I could do that as easily as I have done in the Flying Fox, but everyday is like a massive lecture day from the Lord on how I should (and could) let go if I really want to. Coz when I do, it wouldn’t be so hard for me to go on the other side of pain. I will be able to move on. I will be invincible. I will be able to laugh precariously again. I will be able to look back and smile in spite of it all.
But then again, being the complicated girl that I am, I still have to be reminded about these simple truths:
Letting go is far beyond being apathetic of the people that has literally crushed your heart. It is more of accepting the events that GOD has so masterfully orchestrated in your life because HE knows (I repeat, HE KNOWS) that His glory will be revealed all the more.
Letting go is far beyond burying good/bad memories of certain events, wishing that you can be like Dory or better yet, have selective amnesia. It is being at peace knowing that Jesus, Your Father, Saviour, and Lover has got you in HIS hands. His all powerful, all protecting, all knowing hands.
So that was what I have been trying to do for a few days now. Somehow, I am reenacting the seconds when I was doing the flying fox in an attempt to apply them in my life.
And heck yes, I am making this bold and signifying decision.
I will let go.
“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus”.
-Phillippians 3:13-14
1 comment:
nak, bring me to flying fox when i get there.
for now, i'll try doing that "spiritually".
weeeeeeeee!
Look Lord, no hands! hehe :)
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