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The Mercy of Letting Go

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The Mercy of Letting Go

Exodus 2:3  When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch.  She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.(ESV)

Moses wasn’t placed in the basket because he was unwanted.  He was placed there because he was loved.  His mother couldn’t keep him safely in her arms, so she released him into the river and trusted God with what she could no longer protect.  Not every separation is rejection.  Sometimes love has to let go, and sometimes God begins a work of deliverance through a surrender that breaks the heart before it reveals the purpose.

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    RW – Disciple of Yahshua

    “This act, driven by love, illustrates that not all separations signify rejection. Sometimes, love requires letting go, paving the way for God’s deliverance through painful yet purposeful surrender.”

    As a person given up for adoption at three years old, this message is one I can 100% confirm. Yah’s plans are always greater than our own. We cannot live our lives second-guessing every choice made by others or even by our own selves. Letting go is one of the hardest choices a person can make because it states emphatically…I am not in control. We consciously choose to trust the creator of the universe with the outcome.

    I am grateful that the choice was adoption and not abortion or I would not be here writing this message, would not have four children and ten grandchildren. I wouldn’t have overcome all that I have in my life and would not have the testimony I have today. Definitely not a picture perfect life, but is that truly a life worthy to live or just one in the imaginations of children.

    Sincerely grateful for the one who chose to let go…

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      Don

      Brother, I think this week might have been written for you. Every message this week is related. I think that when you see the line through them all that you’ll appreciate it.

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