Held

I have no words to describe how weary I am right now.  I have no words to describe this deep yearning in the depths of my soul to feel God near.  Right now, I simply want to be cradled like a child by my God.  I want to rest in the palm of His hands...beneath the shadow of His wings.  I want to allow Him to carry my burdens--to carry me.  It is the most amazing blessing to serve a God who is strong in my weakness, who sees the tears I cry, who cradles my broken heart and slowly and carefully mends it back together.  It is a blessing to serve this God:

"Do you not know?  Have you not heard?

Ha it not been told you from the beginning?

Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

he sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, 

and its people are like grasshoppers.

He stretches out the heaves like a canopy, 

and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

He brings princes to naught 

and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, 

no sooner do they take root in the ground, 

than he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

'To whom will you compare me?  Or who is my equal?' says the Holy One.

Lift your eyes and look to the heaves: Who created all these?

He who brings out the starry host one by one,

and calls them each by name.

Because of his great power and mighty strength,

not one of them is missing.

Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel,

'My way is hidden from the LORD;

my cause is disregarded by my God'?

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God, 

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

he will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary; 

and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint."

God is faithful to answer our prayers.