Being Held Securely

Kind of awestruck here .  . . realizing that letting go and holding on permeate this life. Try as we do, our attempts to hold on are about as successful as carrying fists full of watery sand with us.

Again, I think of Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Bound to existence in human bodies, we want to claim and keep, only to realize how temporary days, seasons and lives are.

I believe that God placed us here and extends His hand toward us, ever so closely. We can see life from new perspectives when we turn our eyes toward Creator instead of focusing on ourselves. And sometimes, we can even be aware that we’ve brushed up against something beautiful and holy.

As I’ve faced countless moments of holding on and letting go, this advice has been of great help:

“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."-Philippians 4:8

And as life has knocked me around, as life is wont to do, I've kept my eyes looking beyond the easily visible to a higher power and have been able to proclaim:

“Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise. Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is the light for me.”–Micah 7:8

My blog is going to pause for some yet undetermined period of time now as I set aside writing for living, singing Who am I by Casting Crowns.

Today and always, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

This blog post is part of a series of writing (May 31-June 2012) by Tammy Fletcher Bergland about holding on and letting go.   tbergland.blogspot.com