Today is the day to change all that.

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This song is called Mary Mary-Shackles. Listen to this song for a moment. I can’t help to dance when I hear it. Sounds like she is human just like you and me trying to get through this life one day at a time. We can all appreciate her encouragement. So back to the question… ever feel like something is holding you back? Take a few moments to take a deep breath and whether you believe or don’t believe say this; Please take this weight from me, the one I carry everyday and don’t even know what it is. It’s like a giant bag of something and I don’t even dare to look inside because I’m afraid of what I might find.

Take it from me and bring me peace and joy. I want to be a better person. I want to help others, but first I have to fix myself. I’m looking for you Lord. Can you help me? I am here asking you to help me break these shackles off my feet so I can dance! Break the shackles of pride, break the shackles of unforgiveness, break the shackles of hurt, break the shackles of control, break the shackles of hate, break the shackles of rebellion, break the shackles of depression and loneliness and anything else that may be hiding in there. Give me a spirit of peace. I want it today!

I will trade you. I will hand over all this to you so I can walk free for the first time in my life. I want to be happy and not feel alone. I want the inner peace that I have never had that only you can bring to my spirit. I believe that you God, will come comfort me. But there is only one thing you ask me to do first, and that is to ask you to forgive me for ever taking all this on myself. I forgive anyone that has hurt me in the past. I’m not going to allow the hurt to shackle me in one place so I can move on with my life. I understand that once the shackles are broken that I am not to take them back. So I can dance and be free from worry. Release me Lord into your Will. I trust you today that you will love me forever and you will never leave me.

Amen

I pray for everyone who reads this with a sincere heart and wants to make a change. I promise you if you truly want the change, God will help you through. It’s a personal decision from your free will that God has given you. He gives us a free will to love Him. Just like it’s your free will to love others. You make a choice daily of whom you want to love. Include Him in your daily love and it will change your life forever.

Sincerely,

Sharon