The Good Goodbye

Nobody really likes goodbye.  It's so final in its respect to moving on.  Unless it's like a "see you later" kind of goodbye.  We usually don't even include the "good" part of goodbye.  It's more like "Yup.  Love you too, buh bye."  Or just simply, bye.

But what about that good?  Goodness.  The news lately its littered with bad.  Little good, lots of bad.  Forget the news though, what about your life?  Is it littered with good?  Or bad?  Is your life full?  Or empty?  When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and said "Why, yes, it's good.  I'm good."  With that, have you ever REALLY considered what the phrase "I'm good" truly means?  Are you good?
Which good?

The word 'good' in the English language is one loaded little word.  There are so many ways it can be used, and with that, the definitions of each use are not limited.
So?
Let's begin with the first.  To be desired, or approved of.  Two?  Possessing or displaying moral virtue.  Three.  Enjoyable, pleasant.  Four.  Thorough.  Then the nouns!  Morally righteous; benefit or advantage; merchandise.
And of course the classic.  "I'm not good, I'm well, thank you very much."
....English language snobs....

Like I said, loaded word.  So what's the point.  When you say, "I'm good."  What do you mean?  Imagine that mirror now.  Do you feel the need to be approved of?  Do you feel your moral compass is solid?  Are you enjoying life?  Is it beneficial for you?  Are you good merchandise?
Are you all of the above?
When you say "I'm good" you are saying, "I approve of me, I'm moving forward with conviction and a strong moral code of compassion.  I am not broken, I do not need others to tell me who I am, because I am, quite simply, good."

Now for the bye.  Life tends to litter our souls.  We don't always do it on purpose, but we do tend to pick up random pieces of trash as we move along our path.  It could be simple things.  The nagging thoughts of negativity.  The jeering ways of judgment.  The callousness of removing charity and turning a blind eye.
The worst one?
Forgetting that we are good.

Sometimes, the mirror will show us something that is clinging to our goodness, and sucking the light out of it.  We often ignore it, thinking that time will fix it.  Or worse?  We assume we must deal with it simply because it is there.
To this I say no.
Remove it.

It is time to remember when it is good to say goodbye so that we can be good.  Sometimes it is okay to let go of something intrinsic; or even someone.
Sometimes we have to.
Sometimes the goodness inherent within our very nature is screaming to be set free.  It doesn't want to be told how, or where, or why it needs to be; it just wants to be.
It wants you to remember it is there.
It's a part of you.
It is you.

You.
You just need to be.
Exist.

Because you are good.
And the world needs you.

Letting God Go

The title of this post may be misleading, but it is necessary.

I couldn't sleep last night for a variety of reasons, but the biggest one was rooted in thought.  I was in the middle of a conversation with God, when he said something to me.
"Let me work in you."
This thought has occurred to me before, and it's manifested itself in many ways.  Last night though, the epiphany was huge.  So much so, in fact, that it reduced me to tears of unspeakable gratitude and overwhelming assurity.

It was time to let God go.

Now when I say this, I do not mean it in the sense that I am releasing God from my life, forgetting him, or otherwise denying his existence. It is, in fact, quite the opposite.  I am inviting him fully in my life, always remembering him, and acknowedging him in everything.
I am letting him be as he is, where he is, and how he is.
My entire life has been spent clinging to God, pleading for light and truth from him, and begging for release from trials or hardship.  I've prayed to God, sought him out, and even held to him so tightly, he couldn't help me.
He couldn't help me for the simple fact that I wouldn't let him, even though I was constantly asking for his hand to intervene.

Let God go.

Let Him fly.  He is already in everything, everywhere.  By releasing our grasp on him, he will then be able to consume every part of our lives.
His grace will refine us.
Every part.
God is goodness, God is light.
God is the end all, and be all, of all things.
God is.

God is in our souls.
God is in me.
God is in you.

Too often we spend too much of our time and effort with a preconceived notion of who God is, why he is, where he exists and how he exists.  If we love Him, we will let him go.  We will cling to the simple reality that he just is, and in being he will perfect our lives, our thoughts and our light will become everything that he is.  When we surrender our need to understand to the will of the master, the master will help us understand.
He will guide.
He will teach.
We will love.

Let God go.  Let God be.
He is in you, He is in me; he just is.
Release Him to be in your life.
Release Him and the miraculous will find you.
Release Him, and you will come to know him as you never have before.