Strong Medicine
I had a very moving conversation with a very good friend of over 14 years, whom I met up with yesterday and who I hadn't seen in 2 years. We discussed recent trials she had faced and I couldn't help respecting her courage and strong conviction.
Strangely enough I got home last night to find an email from another friend- one of these chain emails, you delete without reading. I read it though and was amazed at its poignancy.
The words are from a sermon by the Evangelical Pastor TD Jakes. I have my opinions about Evangelical Pastors, however the words were truly powerful and I foresee that there is something for everyone here, either in the past, present or future..
"There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this!
When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19] People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay. Let them go. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead. You've got to know when it's over.
Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me.And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to ...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding onto past hurts and pains ....... LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth ..... LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you ........ LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge ...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction ..... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents .......... LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude ....... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better ...... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him ...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship ........... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves ......... LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed ......... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off ofit," then you need to ......... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things."
posted by Seal67 at 6:16 am
1 Comments:
Hi Seal,
First of all, let me say that you do not have to publish this comment. This is just a way of dropping a piece of my thoughts . I am an animator from Nigeria resident in Germany. On the search for images of "Broad Street, Lagos" I found myself at your blog.
Now having heard "Nigeria" your alarm sensors are on...right!! No agitation, I am not looking for someone who would help me clear some accounts of some folks...*laugh*
Anyway, coming to the poin, your article "Strong medicine" impressed me immensely. It reminded me of some of my ideals that used to be very strong in my life. How i wish i read it 3 years ago...it would have helped me a lot to come out of a broken relationship mourned after at that time. Well, eventually I let go but before then, I stood the risk of having friends walk away from me because i was so brokenhearted almost to the point of depression..ignoring all the love that my friends were showering on me at that time.
Now everything is perfect again. I eventually let the person walk, It took time but now i know i had made the right decision because it paved the way for me to walk into someone who let another person walk. Now the question between us has been "Where have you been all my life"
Thanks again Seal for this article
Even the secular Madonna once sang "There's no greater power than the power of goodbye" I wish a lot of people would learn to let go sometimes.
Most interesting is also the line about letting go of people who would not help you in helping them properly..I willl keep that in mind and would spread the news. I bet a lot of people could use that in life!
By the way, did I properly introduce myself? Maybe I would do that in my next visit and then you could maybe provide me with the opportunity of anonymously directing you to my REAL person.
have a lovely day. I will come back becaus there is just a lot of stuff I would like to read here
e.o (ms.)
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