Teach me Oh Holy One,
The gentle art of letting go
For I am a possessor of needful things.
I hold on to much-
My feelings and emotions,
Past hurts,
My willful desires
Beauty
Relationships
People
Love
Creativity
Anything at all can become an idol in my tarnished hands.
Teach me the gentle art of letting go;
Of releasing my grip
Of relaxing my grasp
Of opening my hand
Of relinquishing control
Of losing myself…..
So that at last, I might find myself
Safe in Your grip
Firmly in Your Grasp
Openly within Your Heart
Relinquished to Your passionate promise
That all who seek shall find
And all the lost shall be gathered in
That all who seek your kingdom first
Shall have everything added unto them…
Teach me that there is no thing I need possess
That is greater than You
Gentle me, Oh Holy One
So that I can learn the way of letting go.