LETTING GO SO YOU CAN ELEVATE! By: Leticia Starks-Underwood Letting go is sometimes easier said than done, but it is necessary to elevate to the next level God has for you. We often give the things we hold onto more power than they deserve, such as hurt, shame, unforgiveness, failure, and many other things. When we hang onto hurts, mistakes, and unforgiveness in our past, we stunt our growth and block our elevation. The Bible said, “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing…” (Isaiah 43:18-19a). To operate in the “New” God has for you and me, we must be willing to trade our ashes for His beauty (Isaiah 61:3). As we let go of the past, we can embrace the “New” and experience elevation. The decision to hold on might seem like the right thing, but we use it in many cases as a shield to protect ourselves from further hurt and embarrassment. However, it hinders our forward progress.
“The future isn’t ahead of you, but it’s within you, and the best of you “ is yet still in you.”-Dr. Oscar J. Nelson Dowdell-Underwood The key to healing and elevation in this new year of 2023 is letting go and forgiving yourself and others. Don’t hold on to baggage from 2022 or your childhood. Having the courage or fortitude to let go and forgive will lead you into God’s peace, opening the door to new creativities, ideas, dreams, and happiness. However, we cannot let go by our strength, but God makes it easy if we ask for the grace to let go. The extent to which you can let go and forgive, whether it is yourself or others, determines the elevation you will experience. Let go so you can experience maximum elevation this year! What God has for you and your elevation is not in looking backward nor holding onto the past; it is looking forward from within. One of the many quotes I hold 9
