LET GO

by Billy Graham

A little child was playing one day with a very valuable vase. He put his hand into it and could not withdraw it. His father, too, tried his best, but all in vain. They were now thinking of breaking the vase when the father said, “Now, my son, make one more try. Open your hand and hold your fingers out straight as you see me doing, and then pull.”

To their astonishment the little fellow said, “Oh no, father, I couldn’t put my fingers out like that, because if I did I would drop my penny.”

Smile, if you will – but thousands of us are like that little boy, so busy holding on to the world’s worthless penny that we cannot accept liberation. I beg you to drop that trifle in your heart. Surrender! Let go, and let God have His way in your life.

BROKEN DREAMS

As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend

I brought my broken dreams to God because He was my friend.

But then, instead of leaving Him in peace to work alone

I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.

At last I snatched them back and cried, “How can you be so slow?”

“My child,” He said, “What could I do.....you never did let go.”

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