Can you Let Go?

Palm Sunday is this week; the day when Jesus came riding into town on a donkey knowing full well what was ahead of him. The kids of Trinity are going to do some special songs and wave their palm fronds in the air in celebration of the event.

This means Lent is almost over and Easter Sunday is nearly here. I took a long look today at the Lenten promise I made some 30 days ago and what it means today. I promised to lay things down. Let them go. Die unto myself. But that's hard.

I'm a grudge-holder. It is sometimes a difficult and sad way to live, and I am sure I am not alone. When I look at events going on in the world and close to home, there seems to be an epidemic of grudge-holding.

Forgiveness without dwelling is one of the hardest Lenten promises I have ever made, even more difficult than giving up chocolate. I don't mean forgetting about something, I mean consciously, prayerfully letting go of my own selfish sense of holding on just for the sake of replaying a particular incident or word or action over and over and over again in my mind. Someone once asked me why I acted in this way. I replied "Because I can't let things go." She responded back with "You mean you won't." Ouch.

What things do you need to lay down before God this Palm Sunday? I look forward to being able to rejoice in the glory of Easter and truly be thankful for every thing Jesus did for me in a way that is more beautiful than ever before.

All because I let some things go.