Holding on for Dear Life

The wind has not been blowing today. The earth has not been rocking under my feet. Flood waters have not been rising. No one has called with bad news.

I am holding on for Dear Life. Life in the Holy Wild requires holding on for Dear Life. The circumstances of the moment and the day are not the triggers for holding on.

I am holding on for Dear Life because I have tasted and touched and smelled and heard and hugged Dear Life. I am holding on because the way was made for me on the cross not just to experience, but to be able and encouraged to hold on. From this place with my little hands deep in the folds of my Father's robe, the circumstances no longer tempt me to fear. No more do they draw me away from my Father's bosum. What my circumstances do now is to remind me of how loved I am. Because from where I sit, I can see where my Father has brought me from, what I was mired in that He has drawn me out of.

Thank you, Father, for circumstances that glorify you by reminding me of what you have done for me, and for everyone around me.