“He Never Lets Go”
As spring is approaching and the weather is getting warmer, I have started walking for exercise. The other day my 11 year-old son went with me. While we were on the home stretch, we were climbing our last “hill” and he grabbed a hold of my hand and held it. At first, I was startled, because I thought he thought he was “too old” for that “sort of thing”. I then realized that he probably was getting tired and needed me to help him get up the hill. Isn’t that just like us? We sometimes plod along in our walk with Christ, trying to do it our own way and then when it gets a little “hilly” we grab on to Him to help us get up and over the hill. The truth is, He has been holding our hand the whole time. He never let’s go! What a reassuring thought! As children of Christ, He is walking beside us, holding on to us! No matter what we do or have done, nothing can separate us from Him. He cares about every detail of our lives and is waiting for us to allow Him to help us over the hills. Christ was there through the abuse and every other detail of my life. He suffered alongside of me and endured the pain, but He never let go of me! Praise God! Romans 8: 38-39 says, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” May you find JOY in knowing that Christ never lets us go.
Wanda Joy
