Let It Go

garnetsms
garnetsms Posts: 10,018 Member
edited November 12 in Motivation and Support
I saw a post on facebook this week where T D Jakes was sharing that he enjoyed the taping on the Dr Phil show, and Dr Phil told him of all of Bishop Jakes' books "Let It Go" was his favorite. I have not read it, but I googled it and this is what I found ( I hope it moves you as much as it did me, please share your thoughts)


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 on to 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 of it," then you need to... LET IT GO!!!

Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2012!!! LET IT GO!!!

Get Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then LET IT GO!!!

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  • Taymay75
    Taymay75 Posts: 630 Member
    This is wonderful! Thank you for posting it!
  • garnetsms
    garnetsms Posts: 10,018 Member
    This is wonderful! Thank you for posting it!

    You're welcome!
    Love the avitar!
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    Love it!
  • Zalitharia
    Zalitharia Posts: 34 Member
    Needed this today. Thanks
  • Novikay
    Novikay Posts: 62
    Love it too!
  • Sox90716
    Sox90716 Posts: 976 Member
    Excellent post. Thanks and God Bless!!!
  • charlieduc
    charlieduc Posts: 108
    Awesome post and great advice!
  • jwalker831
    jwalker831 Posts: 24 Member
    This was wonderful. Thanks so much for posting!
  • LFDBabs
    LFDBabs Posts: 297 Member
    In the words of my teenage son.....True dat!
  • alimarieban
    alimarieban Posts: 141 Member
    Really, really inspriring and so true. Thank you for posting this. :-)
  • beachgirl10
    beachgirl10 Posts: 54 Member
    Easier said than done, but it's entirely true! Thank you
  • MikaRochelle
    MikaRochelle Posts: 16
    LOVE it. I am definitely sharing this with my friends. I may even pick up the book after work today.
  • slowturtle1
    slowturtle1 Posts: 284 Member
    I LOVE it! I'm so adding this book to my collection. Thanks!
  • UnderConstructionLuis
    UnderConstructionLuis Posts: 331
    LOVE THIS POST! Thank you and have a blessed day.
  • madice
    madice Posts: 4
    Bishop Jakes is a wonderful shepard and I love his ministry. These word are affirmation for so many to let go of so much that we have held onto for too long. I'm looking forward to attending his Woman Thou Art Loosed conference this year. Be Blessed.
  • StephTink76
    StephTink76 Posts: 318 Member
    Thanks for posting this!
  • garnetsms
    garnetsms Posts: 10,018 Member
    You are all so welcome! I know I'm not the only one who struggles with these things, and I don't know about you all but it is in connection with why I gained weight. I also know that watching what I eat, and exercise is not the only way to remove this excess weight. I have to deal with the other baggage too. And yes, it is easier said than done, but it CAN be done.
    Its time to LET IT GO!! and LET GOD do the rest!!
  • trina433
    trina433 Posts: 96
    reading that gave me goosebumps! i love that. thanks for sharing :)
  • garnetsms
    garnetsms Posts: 10,018 Member
    reading that gave me goosebumps! i love that. thanks for sharing :)

    When I read it the first time, I cried until I could not cry anymore!! It was much needed for what I am going thru.

    I have this theory about why we cry...

    We cry because we do not know what to say, or how to say what we are feeling, and only God knows the interpretation. I find comfort in believing that.
  • Nikkei24
    Nikkei24 Posts: 282 Member
    LET IT GO!!!

    <3 this. Far too often we make ourselves angry or drive ourselves crazy over things we can not change. Sometimes we just need to LET IT GO!!

    awesome post
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