Hebrews 12:1 ...let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Things happen in life and we tend to go over and over them in our minds until they seem to be stuck in a groove! It may be family upsets or childhood memories or anything. Whatever those things are, they're like carrying heavy suitcases which weigh us down and I know I've had a few!
The good news is that Jesus died to set us free from it all and we don't need to hold on to anything that pulls us down any more. God wants us to 'throw them off' and let them go!
There is such a release and even a joy in letting go. We'll know if we're holding on to something which isn't helpful when we think about someone or something and have that sinking feeling, like a dark cloud hanging over us.
God wants us to bring all of those things to Him and allow Him to deal with them. What He doesn't want is for us to hold on to them. He wants us to let them go, to throw them off on to Him because Jesus died to set us free from them.
I don't know if it might help, but I had a picture in my head of seeing ourselves throwing all the stuff that weighs us down, that we've been carrying round for far too long, into big suitcases, tying them to huge helium balloons and letting them go, seeing them rise up and flying away out of our lives for God to deal with.
Your suitcases may be full of resentment or hurts. For others it will be different things but as we choose to let them go I know our loving God will fill us instead with His joy and peace once again.
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