Joining the Five Minute Friday folks with Kate
Motaung for 5 minutes of beautiful, unedited, raw writing. Take
some time and come join us. We need your story. You need your story.
He needs your story.
Hold.
GO.
What do you hold on to?
Sometimes I find myself holding on to my past. The ripple effect is that the chains of my
past hold me back from what is and what will be. It’s a conscious choice that I make. I close my eyes and envision myself placing
the key inside the lock on the shackles around my ankles. I can visualize myself turning the key and
watching the shackles fall off my feet as I suddenly rise up in the air filled
with the Holy righteousness that He has bestowed upon me. I have to choose though. It’s my choice – the free will that the Lord
has given to me. I spend so much time
and energy holding onto the past. I
allow those chains to hold me back. They
hold me back from the divine plan that I know He has for me. God gives us many things to hold on to in
life. However, often times, He also
gives us a choice in how long to hold them.
So I sit there, for endless hours sometimes, with the chains on my ankles, crying out for help. Lord, help me break free from the
chains. Help me break free from my
past. Then, I suddenly look in the palm of my hand and see the key. He placed it there the
day He died on the cross for me. He
place it there to give me my salvation. I
must make a conscious choice to use that key.
I can choose to hold on to my past or I can choose to hold on to
Jesus.
STOP.
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But
examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (NASB)
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