One of the best benefits we can receive from a prayer life is learning to let go. In fact, I think prayer is really the process of letting go. You are letting go by taking your burdens and giving them to God. The sooner we learn we’re not in control of our lives, situations, or heartaches, the sooner we’ll learn to trust God on a deeper level. After all, our lives are in his hands not our own. One of the first times I ever realized prayer was essentially telling God, “It’s not up to me, it’s up to