Held

So I was listening to the radio today and I heard the song by Natalie Grant called Held. It's a really sad song, but to me it shows the amazing beauty of our God, who holds us when everything is falling apart around us. So many times I think that because I'm a Christian and grew with so many blessings around me that somehow I would escape the sorrows or troubles of the world. The reality is that no one is exempt from this world. God never promised that things would be easy, He just promised that He would never let us go in the midst of the chaos. I don't mean to say that right now I am drowning in sorrow or anything like that, this song just resonates with me. I identify with that struggle of seeing the pain of parents losing a child and wondering "why God?" But if we only understood that this life is not about the here an now, but merely a blink of an eye in our eternity. My life is not about me. I do not exist to bring pleasure to myself. My life is about Christ and I am here to glorify Him. I forget that. I live for myself and I become selfish, self-absorbed. This is not to say that we do not have pleasure in life. That is not my point. I believe God gave us life to live to the fullest and that includes the joys of parenthood, relationships, doing things you enjoy. But when it comes right down to it, when everything is stripped away, my chief aim in life is to glorify God. Everything else is just the fluff of life. What a great reminder for me! 

Anyway, I really like this song. Google it and listen to her sing. She has an amazing voice and the song has an almost haunting feel to it. But it is so profound. Another song that is speaking to me right now is "You Never Let Go" by David Crowder. Jason doesn't like it because it's so repetitive, but again, it echos the idea that we are held by our loving God, and even when we let go of Him, or even push Him away, He never lets go of us!!

Natalie Grant - Held

Two months is, too little.
They let him go.
They had no sudden healing.
To think that providence would 
take a child from his mother while she prays, 
Is appalling.

Who told us we'd be rescued?
What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?
We're asking why this happens
to us who have died to live,
it's unfair.

Chorus:
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
and you survive.
This is what it is to be loved,
and to know that the promise was
when everything fell we'd be held.

This hand is bitterness.
We want to taste it, let the hatred know our sorrows.
The wise hands opens slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.

(Chorus)
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
and you survive.
This is what it is to be loved,
and to know that the promise was
when everything fell we'd be held.

Bridge:
If hope is born of suffering,
If this is only the beginning.
Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?

(Chorus)
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
and you survive.
This is what it is to be loved,
and to know that the promise was
when everything fell we'd be held.