To Be Held

This is what it means

to be held

How it feels,

when the sacred it 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.

~ Natalie Grant, Held

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have summoned you by name; you are

mine.

When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you;

and when you pass through the rivers,

they will not sweep over you.

When you walk through the fire,

you will not be burned;

the flames will not set you ablaze."

~ from Isaiah 43

Even though I feel His presense and know His love, my heart is heavy today.