The Bible teaches us: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). Trusting God often means letting go of one’s own plans, speculations, and opinions to make way for the grace and surprise of God.
“Letting go and letting God” is not about letting things slide or ignoring things. To let go of self and ego and to trust God is a discipline, I know. I sometimes think of the ten years I spent studying dance, during which there was only a handful of times when I felt I was truly able to “let go” and let the discipline of dance take over. Let me explain and then draw some analogies to healing prayer.
For years, I danced up to five days a week. We always started out with stretches on the floor, then stretches standing, then on to small phrases of movement, then to movements across the floor. It was repetitive and in certain ways contemplative. Finally, we would work on the performance piece.
