Inspired by lyrics to “Letting Go of Holding On” by Richard Mekdeci
“I’m letting go of holding on. God is my shepherd, I shall not want.
I’m letting go of holding on, seeking first the kingdom of God.
I let go of the feelings that feed on lack and greed. I let go of the reasons keeping me in need.
I let go of the fear that there’s never enough, and I stop holding on, to what is not love.”
Responsive Reading for Sunday, December 29
“The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack” (Ps. 23:1).
I’m letting go of holding on. God is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
“The land into which you are crossing . . . is . . . a land which the LORD, your God, looks after; his eyes are upon it continually from the beginning of the year to the end” (Deut. 11:11-12).
“I’m letting go of holding on, seeking first the kingdom of God.”
“So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘what are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’. . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow,; tomorrow will take care of itself” (Mt. 6:31-4).
“I let go of the feelings that feed on lack and greed.
I let go of the reasons keeping me in need.”
“Thus says the LORD, who created you , . . . Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine. . . . Because you are precious in my eyes and glorious, and because I love you, . . . Fear not, for I am with you . . . Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more” (Is. 43:1-25).
“I let go of the fear that there’s never enough, and I stop holding on, to what is not love.”