Let It Go!

Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people!  (1 Corinthians 12:7 MSG)

My 20-month-old granddaughter is beginning to talk more and more... and more.  And she also sings!  Currently, like most other little girls these days, her favorite movie is "Frozen."  It doesn't take much to set her off on her own rendition of, "Let It Go."  She will run around the house playing and suddenly you will hear it... "Le' it go..... le' it go!'  just as loudly as she can and remarkably close to being on pitch.  Soooo sweet!  I just want to pick her up and eat her!

If you don't know, the song is sung by Princess Elsa who has an amazing ability to turn the things around her into snow and ice.  But she is unable to control her talent and after a near tragedy, she shuts herself up away from those she loves so that she does not lose control and hurt them.  But, because she never uses this unique gift, she never has the opportunity to learn to control it.

How many of us hide our own unique gifts away, afraid to use them and show the world what we have because we can't do it perfectly yet?  If we don't use our gift, how will we ever begin to perfect it?  A gift is usually uncovered through a passion.  What do we love?  What do we want desperately to change in the world?  What would we do if money was not an issue and nobody would laugh at us for trying?  Therein probably lies your undeveloped gift.

Let it go!   So what if it doesn't pay the bills!  So what if you can't do it very well yet!  If we don't try, we will never develop that skill.  And the world will miss out on your passion.  Let it go!  The best things in the world are done by people who have a passion and just follow it.

I pray that little Emma will live up to her first song and follow her passions and I pray the same for you and me.

Creator God,
You have created each of us with the ability to also create.  Stir up those passions you have seeded within our souls and help us to "let it go."  Amen.