I got this in an e-mail from a dear friend this morning and I just thought it was beautiful and powerful:

 Let it go for 2007...By T. D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk
away from you let them walk. I don't want you to try
to talk another person
into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring
about you,
coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean
hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your
destiny is
never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that,
they came out from us that it might be made manifest
that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no
doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them
stay. Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just
means that
their part in the story is over And you've got to know
when people's part in your story is over so that you
don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to
know when it's dead. You've got to know when it's
over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of
good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in
good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm
faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have
He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I
don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them
go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong
to you and was never intended for your life, then you
need to...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains..... LET
IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and
see your worth..... LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you ........ LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and
revenge......LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or
addiction..... LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets
your needs or talents, LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude....... LET IT GO!!!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel
better...... LET IT GO!!!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take
you to a new level in Him...... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken
relationship................. LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try
to help themselves..... LET IT GO!!!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed......... LET
IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so
used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your
hands off of it," then you need to...... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things.
GOD is doing a new thing for 2007!!! LET IT GO!!! Get
Right or Get Left .. think about it, and then, LET IT
GO!!! "The Battle is the Lord's!"