Tag: #HopeThatHeldMe

Greetings, Precious Family. May the Peace of the Lord be with you always.

Family,

There are moments in life when we do not fully realize how deeply connected we are to our purpose until we are separated from it for a season.

Sometimes the very thing that stretches us emotionally and mentally is also the very thing God uses to remind us why we are here.

This week, after returning to counseling and seeing clients again, something inside of me awakened. Not because life suddenly became easy again. Not because every challenge disappeared overnight. But because purpose has a way of breathing life back into weary places. I remembered who I was and am.

I remembered that counseling is not simply a profession I chose. It is part of the calling God placed inside of me long ago. It is sacred work. It is sitting with people in their pain while trusting God to meet both of us there. It is compassion, wisdom, discernment, patience, and healing woven together through His grace.

After weeks of recovery, uncertainty, physical limitations, emotional exhaustion, and wondering when life would feel normal again, I finally felt hopeful. Not just relieved, but truly Hopeful.

A line from an old hymn kept echoing in my spirit tonight:

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.”

The hymn is called The Solid Rock, and I cannot think of a more fitting song for this season of my life. Because when everything else felt uncertain: my strength, my health, my emotions, my future, the foundation beneath me never changed.

God remained faithful. He held me together when I felt fragile. He carried me through painful days, anxious nights, physical therapy appointments, tears, setbacks, and moments where I quietly wondered how much more I could endure.

And now here I am. Still standing. Still serving. Still called. Still loved. Still hopeful.
I am learning that hope is not pretending the storm never happened. Hope is discovering that God remained faithful in the middle of it all.

Scripture Passage of the Day

Psalm 42:11
New International Version

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Let Us Pray

Heavely Father, Sweet Holy Spirit, and my Redeemer, Christ Jesus. Thank you for walking with me through this season of my life. I feel like I have been crushed, poured out, crushed, and poured out again. It is my love for you that brings me back to the altar again and again while saying, “Let your will be done on earth as it has been spoken and ordained in heaven.”

Lord, I understand more than ever the words to the song by Jekalyn Carr, Greater Is Coming (2013). The songs tells about the journey that an olive has to go through (shaking, beating, and pressing)  in order for it to be ready for the table, in the form of olive oil.

Thank you for everything that I am experiencing. I trust you with my life, Lord. Continue to lead me and guide me in your perfect way, until your will has been fulfilled through my life. Thank you for allowing me to serve those who take a seat at the table.

I lift this prayer to you. Lord, in your mercy, hear my prayer. I let it be and so it is. Amen.

Worship Song of the Day

Rev. Marcia Davis, BA, MA

Covington, GA (USA)