For anyone who doesn’t feel held tonight…
You have been held every night since before time existed (Ephesians 1:4).
You were held when he wrote your name on his hands. (Isaiah 49:16).
And those are the hands that hold you now. (Psalm 27:10).
And one day, when we meet him at last, we will see there wasn’t a thing that could have separated us from his hands.
“Oh, so I wasn’t about to fall?” we’ll finally realize.
“No,” he’ll smile gently, “I gave my life for you. Did you think I’d let anything take you from my arms?”
Except he’ll say it with new words in a new language in the new home – the one you were born for, and not into.
We’ll all get there, and until then, The Good Shepherd will hold you fast.
If you don’t feel held, remember that clinical depression can make you despair that no one wants to hold you, clinical anxiety can make you feel nervous even when held.
So remember your Good Shepherd, and also our disease, and consider the agents of mercy that God has sent to make this journey easier.
And those include…
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