Let It All Out
When I kept it all inside . . . the pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up. Then I let it all out . . . Suddenly the pressure was gone. (The Message)
Reflection by David Schoen
It's about this time at the end of February and beginning of March in the northern climate where I live that one grey day seems to just become another grey day. Life seems to be stuck on hold. For many of us, our spirit seems to get stuck on hold as well, becoming more and more interior and holding things in.
Today, before another day goes by, before another month begins, it's time, as the psalmist writes "to let it all out." How wonderful it is to know that we have a God with whom we can let it all out. All the frustration, hurts, sins, angers, disappointments and boredom . . . let it all out."These things add up, Everyone of us needs to pray." Psalm 32:6.
Or, as the old hymn sang: "What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer." Take time, today, to pray and let it all out. "Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh, what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer."
Prayer How lucky we are, O God, that we can let it all out and take everything to you in prayer. Amen.
About the Author
David Schoen is Minister and Team Leader, Congregational Vitality Ministries, Local Church Ministries, United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio.
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