“The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.” WorldFoundChristOur LivesRiskSecurityThis WorldLetting GoSafetyDenySurrenderGreat Risk Author:David Platt
“It's interesting--the way in which one has to balance life--because you have to know when to let go and when to pull back.... There's always some liminal (as opposed to subliminal) space in between which is harder to inhabit because it never feels as safe as moving from one extreme to another.” KnowsWayLifeFeelsMovingSpaceInterestingSecurityBalanceSafeLetting GoHarderExtremesSubliminal Author:Bell Hooks
“So much of our politics is stuck in patterns of response that aren't working. When student performance is declining in schools, we implement more controls, more testing, more "accountability," more rigor. We apply even more of those things, from security systems to control of students' behavior through pharmaceutical drugs. That's a situation in which doing is only making things worse. You may have to go through a phase of de-programming, letting go of old habits, coming to stillness, before you can even see what the pattern of action was, and what alternatives there might be.” ActionSchoolSituationSecurityStudentsHabitDrugLetting GoBehaviorResponseStuckAccountabilityStillnessPharmaceutical Author:Charles Eisenstein
“This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty.” WayFeelsUseMightPainSecretSecurityLetting GoHeartbreakStonesEmptyRageBlanketSleevesKnotsAcesSwelling Author:Jodi Picoult
“... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting go of that sense of security.. is the challenge. ... think of yourself as climbing a ladder. To move to the next rung, you must give up your grip and reach for the next one.” ThinkingGivingMovingNextChallengesSecurityLetting GoGiving UpAbandonClimbingLaddersKeep MovingThe Next OneLedgesMoving Up Book:Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life Source: Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
“I exhort you and beseech you in the bowels of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity of heaven; ye must needs have it: all other things, as houses, lands, children, husband, friends, country, credit, health, wealth, honour, may be wanted ; but heaven is your one thing necessary, the good part that shall not be taken from you. See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy; for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory; many are lying dead by the way, that were slain with security.” ThinkingWayMayChildrenCountryLyingHouseHeavenEasyChristWealthChristianityTakenOne ThingLandSecurityFieldsHusbandLetting GoEternalGlorySellsSalvationCreditHonourWearyPearlsSteepAscentBowelsHealth Wealth Author:Samuel Rutherford
“In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.” WayIdeasStatesWisdomHandsGovernmentRunningSidesRiskStreetsSecurityGoes OnPromiseLetting GoCrossesOppositesOvercomingRefuseGentleInsecurityFalse Promises Author:Theodore J. Forstmann
“The truth is that our only safety, our only security, our only hope is to hold fast to that which is good. As the mists of darkness gather around us, we are only lost if we choose to let go of the iron rod, which is the word of God.” IfsLostDarknessSecurityTruth IsLetting GoSafetyIronWord Of GodMistHold Fast Author:David S. Baxter