Letting Go................

Unload the heart and it will take wings.

A crow was flying with a dead mouse, and a flock of birds kept chasing him. The crow was worried. "I'm not doing them any harm," he thought, "I'm just carrying my dead mouse. Why are they after me?" Eventually, one of the bigger birds caught up with him, and hit him so hard that he opened his beak and let the mouse drop. Immediately all the pursuers turned towards the big bird, now completely forgetting the crow.


The crow sat on the branch of a tall tree and brooded. It occurred to him, then, that the birds were not against him, after all; they only wanted the mouse. He was now glad he had to let go of it.


If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord,

and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls "mounting up with wings as eagles"

where earthly annoyances have no power to disturb us

--Hannah Whitall Smith