I don’t know the cares and burdens your heart carries right now, but I pray this verse reminds us that we do not ever carry them alone. We can find rest and refuge in the steadfast Love of God.

I have so many stories of how I’ve been held up by the steadfast love of God. Just this week, in the wake of grief, I really dropped the ball on a few things. It was so beautiful to see how people rallied around me and our family to pray, to come around and pick up or catch the balls I dropped. It has felt like the kindness of God.

Grateful for a Love that can hold all of our joy and all of our sorrow as well. And if you are grieving this week too, know I’m holding you up to the light and asking God to grant you rest, even if it’s a moment to grieve in the presence of Love.

May you sense the light and love of God resting on you, even when you feel too weak to open your eyes. May you sense the Light coming to hold you near, even in your darkest nights.

I hope you had the happiest Christmas celebration with people you love and hold dear, and that you’re getting some deep rest this week.

Wherever you are and whatever feelings come up for you this time of year, I am praying this verse over you today.

If nothing is impossible for God, why doesn’t God always move in the way I want him to?

God is always moving low, moving to the outskirts, towards the people who are pushed to the edges of society, towards those whose heads are bent low in pain, shame, fear, sadness or sorrow.