Held

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
~2 Corinthians 1:3-4



One of the hardest things to attempt to understand is the sudden death of a loved one or a newborn barely given a breath to have it taken away. While we realize that God is righteous and just and in control of these things we struggle to comprehend His timing or plan and purpose in it all. As God spoke through Isaiah to a people which struggled to understand God accepting them back after their sin: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways / And My thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9). While we may not understand God's reasons for all of the pain which comes from the most trying of times, we need to remember that He is there to comfort us as Paul reminded the church of Corinth that He is the God of all comfort who comforts us in all of our affliction. Not only does God comfort us during these unexplainable, incomprehensible situations, but also uses the comfort He gives for us in turn to comfort others. I love this song sung by Natalie Grant which conveys this truth so powerfully. Regardless of what kind of pain or suffering you may be experiencing right now, rest assured that the God of all comfort is there to hold you during this time and comfort you in your affliction. And who knows, He may intend the comfort given to you in a storm to be used for you to comfort someone else. God bless and take care!

In Christ,
Lee
Soli Deo Gloria!!!

Two months is too little
They let him go
They had no sudden healing
To think that providence
Would take a child from his mother
While she prays, is appalling
Who told us we'd be rescued
What has changed and
Why should we be saved from nightmares
We're asking why this happens to us
Who have died to live, it's unfair

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

This hand is bitterness
We want to taste it and
Let the hatred numb our sorrows
The wise hand opens slowly
To lilies of the valley and tomorrow
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

If hope is born of suffering
If this is only the beginning
Can we not wait, for one hour
Watching for our savior

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
[Repeat Chorus]
This is what it means to be held