Even though change is often needed and a necessary part of life it isn’t always an easy process.

There is a comfort we experience with the familiar. We fight to hang on to life choices and circumstances… even when the season has run its course because it’s what we know.

I think many of us can relate to a relationship ending that we knew needed to end and yet we found ourselves reaching back out because we were in that unfamiliar space of in-between and it can feel uncomfortable. And the crazy thing is we felt discomfort in the relationship and that’s why it ended but we were comfortable with that discomfort. And the in-between space of not knowing what’s next can cause us to reach back and try and hang on to something that doesn't belong in our future season.

One of the journal prompts for this week asks the question “What are you clinging to out of comfort and familiarity?

I want to invite you to take some time to think about and pray about this question. Ask God to bring to your mind anything you are holding on to that is no longer meant for you.

This doesn’t mean that what is no longer meant for you is something bad. It could be something that has brought you great joy. But for whatever reason the season has run its course and is keeping you from having room for what’s next.

Oftentimes we can equate letting go, or something no longer being part of our life, as a negative thing and that’s just not always the case. But when we frame it that way in our mind then it causes us to feel resistance because our feelings around letting go are negative and we view it as a loss.

So what if we intentionally have a reframe and step into the belief that change is part of the natural cycle of life?  And that when things naturally fall away it opens up space physically as well as emotionally, spiritually, and energetically.  

Just like clutter around our house and in our vehicles drains us even when we are unaware that is because our senses are taking it in every time we see all the “stuff” taking up space. So just as we can clear up some of that in our physical spaces and feel lighter it’s the same way in all the other areas of our life. 

Everything we take in and allow to take up space in our lives is affecting how we live. We are being weighed down by things that we are not called to carry.

So take some time to ask yourself the question. “What am I clinging to out of comfort and familiarity? They keep your heart and mind open and expect the spirit of God to speak to you.

The season of Autumn is a powerful reminder that there is beauty in letting things fall away. Trusting that “the letting” go opens up our hearts and hands for new growth.