Music and such.

I think I can safely say that JJ Heller is one of my new favorite artists. She is adorable, has a great voice, and writes some pretty powerful lyrics. Check out these lyrics from her hit song Your Hands.


I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn’t there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That you would take my pain away
You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crooked lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
When my world is shaking, heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave your hands

When you walked upon the earth
You healed the broken, lost and hurt
I know you hate to see me cry
One day you will set all things right
Yeah, one day you will set all things right

When my world is shaking, heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave your hands
Your hands that shaped the world
Are holding me
They hold me still

Amazing, right? God is always holding us. The same God who created the universe holds us! So I've been thinking today about hands and holding things. You see the thing about someone holding us is even when we let go, we aren't going anywhere. The one holding us isn't the one who let go. That is the way it is with God. He is holding us, and even when our world is shaking and we feel broken, He doesn't let us go anywhere!

Sometimes we get the idea in our head that we are the one in control. That is when we "let go". But God is the one still holding on to us. Not because of anything we have done but because of who He is and how much He loves us. It is so comforting to know I am in hands that will never let me go. Even when those hard times in life come, God is holding us! God is not going to let us go anywhere!

I love being held in the hand of God.