I am not saying this is the same for everyone, but for me it is evident. I still question certain things that occur in my life and I am still longing for many uncertain answers but I wont stop believing that God is with me, holding me. Its in those very moments that I feel his ever comforting spirit that I know everything will be okay. I pray that each of you reading this will likewise feel his comforting spirit and be reassured that you will be okay. Even if you don't realize it right now he's holding you and awaiting your embrace.
Hope, undoubtedly, is born of suffering. That's the beauty of it all. Amongst such evident pain there is always beauty, always hope, always God. At least this is what I believe. And this, "this is what it means to be held. How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life and you survive. This is what it is to be loved and to know that the promise was when everything fell we'd be held." I wish I was wise enough to come up with those healing words but I wasn't. In fact they are the lyrics to a song that prompted this post, a song, that in my recent times of sorrow, has brought strength and comfort to me. The song is "Natalie Grant- Held," you should really check it out if you haven't heard it already.
I guess the purpose of this post is to remind myself, and even let you all know, that you will be okay. Those of you suffering because of the economy, those of you who lost someone dear to you, those of you who have failed, those of you who think you are not good enough, think you don't have a meaning to anyone or anything in life- you are beautiful, you are perfect, you are held. Hold strong to yourself, hold strong to your faith- whatever it may be- and you'll be okay. It's not my promise it's HIS.
