Let Go of the Trapeze

Let go of the Trapeze

Change. Is. Hard. I was thinking about letting go of the past and honestly, I don’t want to let go. My old way of doing things is familiar, easy, comfortable. But is it serving me well? Is it propelling me to the future I want? I thought about the analogy of a trapeze artist. As they swing from one bar to the next, they have to let go of one in order to catch the next one. They cannot grab the next bar, unless they completely let go of the security of the one they are holding on to. They fly through the air, not holding onto anything. They have to have faith that the next bar is swinging toward them or they won’t have the confidence to let go. It’s the same in our lives. We have to let go of what is in our hand before we can grasp the next thing God has for us. Letting go of our security is hard. Sometimes it feels like we are free falling, but the next bar for us to grab is coming, even if we don’t see it yet.