by Jennifer Camp

Previously published by Gather Ministries

Hold Out Your Hand

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you (Psalm 39:7).

It might be time to let go. It might be time to empty your hands. It might be time to stop grasping.

Open up your hands. There are things I want to place in them. For I do want you to hold on to some things.

I want you to hold on to hope. This day is full of Me. There is beginning here. There are things for which to be grateful.

I want you to hold on to love. What is more important than you, than your own pursuits? What is before you, who is before you? How can you enter into a situation with My love pouring out? How can you show her, show him, My face?

I want you to hold on to faith. You do not stay in the hard times forever. There is good coming. There is also beauty here, right now. Look for Me and you will find Me. Listen for Me and you will hear My voice, all around.

I want you to hold on to joy. Joy is for you. Joy is for you to feel. Joy is for you to wake up with and experience and demonstrate. Could you imagine practicing spreading joy? It is for you to know.

I want you to hold on to Me. I want you to treasure moments, and I want you to be present with Me. Look ahead, to the future, and ask for wisdom so I may teach you the way to go, whether to spend time here or there.

I want you to hold on to grace, the forgiveness and life I give you. I want you to remember how I came for you and come again. I want you to live in freedom, breathe deeply, rest in what I give.

I want you to hold on to My hand, in everything you do. I want you to hold on to My hope, My love, My faith, My joy, My grace. I want you to hold in your heart the image of you I put before you, the daughter clinging to her Father’s hand.

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