{"id":27961,"date":"2015-10-04T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T04:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27961"},"modified":"2015-10-03T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T01:20:00","slug":"just-be-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/04\/just-be-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\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" 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<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hold it all together<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Everybody needs you strong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But life hits you out of nowhere<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And barely leaves you holding on<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And when you&#8217;re tired of fighting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Chained by your control<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s freedom in surrender<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lay it down and let it go<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So when you&#8217;re on your knees and answers seem so far away<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re not alone, stop holding on and just be held<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your worlds not falling apart, its falling into place<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m on the throne, stop holding on and just be held<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just be held, just be held<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If your eyes are on the storm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;ll wonder if I love you still<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But if your eyes are on the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;ll know I always have and I always will<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And not a tear is wasted<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In time, you&#8217;ll understand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m painting beauty with the ashes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your life is in My hands<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lift your hands, lift your eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the storm is where you&#8217;ll find Me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And where you are, I&#8217;ll hold your heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ll hold your heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come to Me, find your rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the arms of the God who wont let go<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIZitK6_IMQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Casting Crowns<\/em><br \/>\nWriters: Bernie Herms, Matthew Joseph West<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever want to just crawl up into your Daddy&#8217;s arms and hide from the world? \u00a0I know that I do. \u00a0And when we are in the middle of a hard situation or a hard season that seems to last forever, it&#8217;s so tempting to keep our eyes on the problem and forget to lift our eyes to Him. \u00a0He is our Help and Refuge&#8230;our Daddy Who loves us more than we can even imagine.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know your situation but, as a mom, I am expected to keep it all together most of the time and be strong for everyone. \u00a0I am the one that encourages each child and try to make our home a safe haven for each one. But there are times that life hits us too, right? \u00a0And Who do we go to when we are distressed? God!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You keep track of all my sorrows.<br \/>\nYou have collected all my tears in Your bottle.<br \/>\nYou have recorded each one in Your book.<br \/>\nPsalm 56:8 NLT<\/p>\n<p>Did you read that verse? \u00a0It says &#8220;all&#8221; \u00a0and &#8220;each one,&#8221; that means every tear that you have cried, He has kept. \u00a0He has kept each recorded in His book. \u00a0And each time you choose to lift your hands in praise in the midst of the hard, He has rewarded you for. \u00a0He is the Keeper of your heart and soul. \u00a0He is always near to you! \u00a0He is always rejoicing over you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yahweh your God is among you,\u00a0a Warrior who saves.<br \/>\nHe will rejoice over you with gladness.<br \/>\nHe will bring you quietness with His love.<br \/>\nHe will delight in you with shouts of joy.<br \/>\nZephaniah 3:17 HCSB<\/p>\n<p>So today, as you listen to this song, just find rest in Him and imagine that you are being held by your Father&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us pray<\/span><\/em>: Oh God, we come to You today so tired of this hard world. \u00a0We just want to rest in You today and get some strength from Your mighty hand. We thank You that no matter how big these mountains can be, that You are bigger and You make a way for us in the midst of it. \u00a0I pray today that those who need You will find You and that they will seek You with all they have. \u00a0You promise that You will be found. \u00a0We love You and we praise You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold it all together Everybody needs you strong But life hits you out of nowhere And barely leaves you holding on And when you&#8217;re tired of fighting Chained by your control There&#8217;s freedom in surrender Lay it down and let it go So when you&#8217;re on your knees and answers seem so far away You&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[1287,1810,589,9472,4932,6411,9474,9473],"class_list":["post-27961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffe-hour","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-568","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-rest-in-him","tag-tears-recorded","tag-zeph-317","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-7gZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27961","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27961"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27968,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27961\/revisions\/27968"}],"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=27961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}