Grieving What God is Releasing

In the tranquil embrace of golden hour, a woman strolls gracefully among sunlit trees, enveloped in a warm, meditative glow.

Scripture: 

A time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away.

Ecclesiastes 3:6 (TPT)

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Letting go doesn’t mean it didn’t matter. It means the season has fulfilled its purpose.

WORSHIP SONG OF THE DAY

Let Go – PJ Morton feat. The Walls Group

PJ Morton- Let Go

DEVOTIONAL

Nobody talks enough about the grief that comes with growth.

We celebrate new seasons, fresh starts, and open doors. but we don’t always name the quiet sadness that comes when God asks us to release what once felt safe, familiar, or deeply loved.

Ecclesiastes reminds us that there is a time for everything even letting go. Just because God is moving you forward doesn’t mean your heart doesn’t get to pause and mourn what was. Some seasons held you. Some taught you. Some kept you alive when you didn’t know how you’d make it. So yes, grieve it. Grieve the routines. Grieve the relationships. Grieve the version of yourself that did the best she could with what she knew at the time.

God is not disappointed in your tears. He is present in them. Releasing a season isn’t erasing it. It’s honoring it and trusting that God knows what you’re ready to carry next.

You’re not losing yourself. You’re shedding what can’t go with you.

AFFIRMATIONS

• I honor the season God is asking me to release.

• My grief is valid, and God meets me in it.

• I trust God with what I cannot take into the next season.

• Letting go is part of my healing.

JOURNAL PROMPTS

1. What season am I being asked to release right now?

2. What did this season teach me about myself and God?

3. What am I afraid to let go of and why?

4. What might God be making room for?

PRAYER

God, I come to You with a full heart grateful, tired, and a little broken all at once. This season mattered to me. It shaped me, stretched me, and held parts of my life I’m not ready to forget. Today, I ask for Your help as I release what I can no longer carry forward. I don’t want to rush my healing or pretend this doesn’t hurt. Meet me in the grief. Sit with me in the sadness. Hold the parts of me that feel unsure. Help me trust that letting go doesn’t mean I’ve lost You it means You’re guiding me into something new. Give me peace where there’s heaviness, courage where there’s fear, and hope where I can’t yet see what’s next. Thank You for the season that was. Thank You for the lessons, the love, and even the letting go. I place it all in Your hands, trusting You with my becoming.

Amen.

CALL TO ACTION

If this devotional met you in a tender place, come sit with me again. More Walk With God devotionals are waiting on the website — for every season, every release, every becoming.