Letting Go

Everyone has been told that God takes away our pain, our shame, and our sorrows, and replaces them with his love, and mercy, and joy. But what people don't talk about very often is that God is polite. If we don't give them up, then he wont take them. We have to allow God to take it all away from us, Jesus died on the cross so that we wouldn't have to hold on to our burdens any longer so why do we continue to cling to them? If we can just let go, and accept God's healing and forgiveness, then we can experience the freedom that has already been given to us. You can't pick up the diamond in front of you if your arms are full of coal.