{"id":28036,"date":"2015-10-09T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28036"},"modified":"2015-10-08T23:54:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T03:54:24","slug":"just-be-held-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/09\/just-be-held-2\/","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><br \/>\n<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 world&#8217;s not falling apart, it&#8217;s 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><br \/>\n<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 won&#8217;t 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 \/>\nSongwriters: John Mark Hall, Bernie Herms, Matthew West<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I talk to people about life on a regular basis, and most times those conversations revolve around the times when life is <em>not<\/em> so great. \u00a0Life gets overwhelming, it gets busy, it gets hard. \u00a0And we find ourselves in a place where we may not feel as strong as we would like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have heard the verse, \u201cBe still and know that I am God\u201d(Psalm 46:10) used time and time again. \u00a0But I have asked myself &lt;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> God&gt;: &#8220;What are we are supposed to be doing while we are being still.&#8221; \u00a0This song answers that question&#8212;we are supposed to<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> just be held.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>We are supposed to let ourselves be wrapped in God\u2019s love and find rest. \u00a0We are supposed to remind ourselves that we don\u2019t have to keep trying to hold on. Like the song says, He is on the throne holding our lives together, and He will hold us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I urge you to take comfort in these words\u2026.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Your world&#8217;s not falling apart, it&#8217;s falling into place;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m on the throne, stop holding on and just be held\u2026. \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ladies, remember <em><strong>Who<\/strong><\/em> is holding you, remember <em><strong>Who<\/strong><\/em> sits on the throne.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, we cannot hold our world alone&#8230;life gets too much to handle at times, but it is never too much for You to handle. \u00a0Thank You for holding us. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name we pray, 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":21,"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":[9497,2645,1287,425,9498,6078,4932,1075],"class_list":["post-28036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god","tag-casting-crowns","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-is-holding-onto-us","tag-just-be-held","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tonya-ellison","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-7ic","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28036"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28038,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions\/28038"}],"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=28036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}