Day 6 Monkey Bars and Letting Go

Monkey bars are for children, every great playground has some. I watched my grandchildren this weekend climb higher and reach farther on the monkey bars on the playground than I have stretched myself in a long time. In fact the monkey bars were the busiest piece of playground equipment. Children were stretching the limits and reaching for bars they barely could make.

There is another aspect of the monkey bars, moms and dads. Moms and dads strategically placed all throughout the monkey bars in order to catch their precious adventurers in case the went too far and couldn't get back. Some children, had no problem letting go and trusting they would be caught. But one little boy I say wouldn't even let go when his dad had a tight hold on him. His dad had to actually pull him down forcefully with the boy screaming in fear.

I think that might be me. Trying desperately to hold on to something I can't accomplish even though God is telling me to let go and trust Him. At times I am even screaming to the top of my lungs about how upset I am that I am having to do this thing, that I don't have the time, or the resources, but not willing to let go. There have been times I became paralyzed because I wouldn't let go. All other tasks became non existent because I was consumed with the idea that I couldn't make progress in a specific area and I stayed they as a child stuck on a monkey bar while other children ran to other areas and played with other pieces of equipment.

Lord help me let go and trust you, the one who loves and cares for me, in all areas of life. I know you will work for my good and you have promised to care for me.

Rick