{"id":19047,"date":"2014-04-14T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19047"},"modified":"2014-04-14T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:45:47","slug":"just-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/14\/just-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Be Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hold it all together\u00a0Everybody needs you strong<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But\u00a0 life hits you out of nowhere<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And barely leaves you holding on<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And when you&#8217;re tired of fighting<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chained by your\u00a0 control<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s freedom in surrender<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lay it down and let it go<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So when you&#8217;re on your knees and answers seem so far away<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;re not alone, stop holding on and just be held<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your world&#8217;s not falling\u00a0 apart, its falling into place<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m on the throne, stop holding on and just\u00a0 be held<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just be held, \u00a0just be held<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If your eyes are on the storm<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;ll wonder if I love you\u00a0 still<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But if your eyes are on the Cross<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;ll know I always have and I\u00a0 always will<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And not a tear is wasted<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In time, you&#8217;ll understand<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m\u00a0 painting beauty with the ashes<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your life is in My hands<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lift your hands, lift your eyes<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the storm is where\u00a0 you&#8217;ll find Me<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And where you are, I&#8217;ll hold your heart<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ll hold your\u00a0 heart<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come to Me, find your rest<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In the arms of the God who won&#8217;t let\u00a0 go<\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today. \u00a0~<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIZitK6_IMQ?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0~ Songwriters: Bernie Herms, John Mark Hall, Matthew JosephWest ~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Performed by Casting Crowns ~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As we travel through life, we often come to a crossroad. \u00a0Most of us choose our paths without thinking beyond today or tomorrow. \u00a0We make our choices on what feels good, not thinking about the eternal\u00a0 consequences. \u00a0Then once we are on the chosen path we become confused and sometimes angry with the outcome. Sound familiar? \u00a0I know&#8230;I have been there. \u00a0My choices twenty-five years ago affect me now, today. \u00a0These are through regrets, unrecognized dreams and heartbreak. If I chose to stay there, I can drown and succumb to the guilt and shame. \u00a0But I chose not to! \u00a0I chose to let it go and let God HOLD ME!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Feeling His loving, forgiving, comforting arms around me is my only true Father I have ever known. \u00a0There are no strings attached,;He does not want anything from me other than for me to serve Him with my whole heart and let others know of how He loved me. \u00a0As stained and ugly as I was, He loves me. \u00a0He wants to tear away the scars, and replace them all with His love, grace and mercy. \u00a0I do not deserve any of it. \u00a0Only through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus am I able to enter\u00a0the holy Presence of God, our Creator. \u00a0And for that I will be forever grateful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Father, thank You for loving me enough then, to send Your Son Jesus to atone for me. \u00a0Forgive me for the choices I have made that have not honored You. Forgive me for the words I have spoken out of fear, anger and disappointment. \u00a0Let me learn from Your examples in Scripture to be\u00a0a better, mom, sister, daughter, wife and friend. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name I ask these things, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold it all together\u00a0Everybody needs you strong But\u00a0 life hits you out of nowhere And barely leaves you holding on \u00a0 And when you&#8217;re tired of fighting Chained by your\u00a0 control There&#8217;s freedom in surrender Lay it down and let it go \u00a0 So when you&#8217;re on your knees and answers seem so far away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[2645,425,6078,4932,1071],"class_list":["post-19047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-casting-crowns","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-just-be-held","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tina-marin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4Xd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19047"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19064,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19047\/revisions\/19064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}