Letting Go.
The difficulty behind letting go.
See, the difficulty behind letting go is that it requires more boldness than we're willing to bereave.
It is a sudden shock of a thing that you always saw coming. And so the moment of letting go is often one that leads to a self-reflective journey.
I mean maybe his cheating on me was a one-time thing. Perhaps my employer made a mistake, and I can fight this injustice while keeping my job. Maybe I can be friends with them even though they don't take me seriously until they need something from me. However, the truth is that letting go is a necessary pain.
I think of life as being this one large tether. Our spirits stick around as long as our physical body can handle; then when faced with letting go into what many consider "the unknown", I can imagine, letting go becomes quite difficult. Think of the man on death row or the individual in his sick bed. They are naturally forced to consider the most final instance of "letting go" a man can endure.
I think of the man Jesus Christ, the Logos of God, who was fully God and fully man.
When faced with prophecy, he had to willingly acknowledge how he would let go of what, for him, was the greatest separation he could endure. He had to let go of his relationship with God. By spiritually letting go, he fulfilled a prophecy that would lead to what I prefaced before as "the most final instance of letting go". The letting go of one's life, and spirit, from that of the physical world.
This is not a prophecy and phenom that could be done by just anyone (as we all know) but was done by one unblemished and led by the will of God. However, how can this model of what Christ did serve us in our current age and time?
It's quite simple, plug in what it is that you are letting go of, whether it is a man, a child, a job, money, influence, or even power, and vet it against the word of God who just like us, had to let go of something he held most dear. Now read on through the books of Matthew, Mark, John, and Acts. You'll see that the true expected end of a thing is not when you "Let go" or die. The true expected end of a thing is found in the will of God. Quite simply put, it was in the will of God for Christ to let go because, in it, he gained the greatest gift and reward (for the world) and himself. A restored relationship, salvation for man, and redemption by the blood.
What is in a broken thing, save its ability and capacity to be restored beyond its original status, and redeemed beyond its present turmoil.
Thus letting go is not the end. It is not a period in a sentence or the last chapter of a book. Instead, it is the saving grace, the logos, the "and" to life that leaves us in the wonder of the potentials and hidden glories our futures hold, already pre-determined in the perfect will of God that is as mysterious yet as beautiful as they come. In his love, he allows us the grace to find our purpose as an assurance of his glorious will.
What a beautiful opportunity it is to let go then. What a beautiful opportunity. For it grants the bereaved access to the supernatural through pain, sacrifice, and bold faith in future glory.
What an honor it is to let go and rebuke bitterness. To not seek our own justification but rather to shed our pride rooted in hurt, and step into God our father through the way of Christ who justifies us. How beautiful it is.
"Can these dry bones live again?" and the very certain yet humble response of "Thou knowest God" is all we need to get by, if only for this moment. It is truly all we need.
