Tonight I'm working a night shift at the hospital... So about 8 o'clock pm I went to the coffee shop and ordered a large latte for myself. On my slower days in life I often find myself wondering about a variety of things - and often times dwelling in the challenges of life. As I was driving home, I had the Christian radio station on and this line from a song stood out to me
so just let go
'cause you're held in His arms.
It comes from a song by Natalie Grant called Hurricane - check it out here.
I heard those words and a great weight was lifted from my chest.
There was a boy who hurt me, who wounded my heart - and Jesus still has to heal it, and that's okay, I need to let go of that hurt - Jesus is gonna catch me.
Chronic daily headaches do exist, I do have them and live with them. I am going to have dizzy spells, and constantly be afraid that something is going to trigger them. I am excited and terrified to start school again in a few weeks because of it- but I can't let my fear hold me back - I need to let go and know Jesus is gonna catch me. Illness and suffering are a part of this life.
There are friendships that will be hard, and there are hard conversations we'll need to have with people in our lives. It's okay - let go of your own desires, your own expectations. Jesus is gonna catch you.
I fear for my mom, for her health. I want her to be there on my wedding day. I want my kids to remember her, and I want her to be there for me when I have my kids. But I fear she won't be here when that time comes. Just let go - I'm held in Jesus' arms.
Relationships are scary. And sometimes we are lonely, and we're afraid that no one is going to love us. And we feel like we're completely worthless, and completely alone. And it feels like we're not going to make it to tomorrow. Just let go - cause you're held in his arms.
I'm not saying this means we just need to sit and do nothing with our lives - but need to not hold onto past hurts, and to not allow fear to hold us back from doing something great, and to not let the risk keep us from total surrender to Christ - that's when we need to let go and remember he's holding us in his arms.
I saw a thing on pinterest once that said something along the lines of "I have a 100% success rate of making it through bad days." This brought me a glimpse of encouragement - remembering this, and remembering we have a God who loves us unconditionally and we are safe in his arms - we can endure all things and all trials - we can be women, we can be for God - trusting that we are held safe in his arms.
So just let go 'cause you are safe in his arms.
