N8tivegirl

Becoming Released

Letting go without losing yourself

There comes a moment in life when holding on no longer feels faithful — it feels heavy.

Not because what you carried was wrong, but because the season for carrying it has ended.

Becoming released is not quitting.

It’s discerning when God is saying, “You can put that down now.”

We spend so much of our lives gripping things tightly — relationships, roles, expectations, even versions of ourselves that once kept us safe. We hold on out of loyalty, fear, or the belief that letting go means we failed. But release is not failure; it is obedience.

Some things you had to carry to survive.

Other things you must release in order to live.

There are people you outgrew, not because you became better, but because you became different. There are assignments that were sacred for a season but were never meant to define you forever. And there are wounds that have healed enough that they no longer need to be revisited.

Release doesn’t mean you stop caring.

It means you stop carrying what was never meant to be yours alone.

When God releases you, He is not removing purpose — He is refining it. He is freeing your hands so you can receive what comes next without exhaustion, resentment, or fear.

This is the quiet work of maturity.

Knowing when to stay.

Knowing when to step back.

Knowing when peace matters more than proving a point.

Becoming released is choosing trust over control.

It’s believing that what God has for you will not require you to bleed to keep it.

And sometimes, the holiest thing you can do is say:

“I carried it faithfully. Now I release it freely.”