Holding On

Change is not something I deal with very well, but it comes whether I want it to or not. I say this because tomorrow is uncertain, a day not promised to us, but one we look for in hope of something better. I have many things on my heart these days, some of them are very weighty. But I keep holding on to God, I’m learning to meditate on His Word, considering every aspect of His truth. I ’d like to say I have the faith to move mountains, but the truth is, my head and heart struggle all to often with things I don’t understand or feel are unfair.
There are times when I sit and cry because circumstances overwhelm me. But then again I don’t want to bury my head in the sand or bask by the river of “Denial.” And as the time of Christ’s return draws nearer, I find my heart in a state of urgency, with a need to draw closer than I have ever been before. Have you ever felt that way? Isaiah 64:4 says, “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.”
2 Samuel 22 is a beautiful chapter to meditate on. It is a Psalm of Thanksgiving, verse 7 says, “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.” it is comforting to know God hears, and sees me, right where I am, even if it is in the midst of struggle, darkness, pain, or suffering. Wherever it may be, He is there, and that helps me to hold on.