There are moments when life feels uncertain — when the path ahead is unclear and the weight of responsibility feels heavy.
In those moments, it can seem as though everything depends solely on you — your strength, your decisions, your ability to hold it all together.
But there is a deeper truth:
You are held more than you know.
You are not navigating this life alone. Beneath the surface of your striving and questioning, there is a steady Presence — Divine Love — surrounding you, sustaining you, and quietly supporting your unfolding.
This holding is not passive.
It is active, attentive, and intentional.
It moves within you as resilience.
It steadies you through unexpected grace.
It carries you through seasons you never imagined you could endure.
Even when you doubt.
Even when you forget.
Even when you feel disconnected.
Being held does not mean life will be without challenge. It means that no challenge arrives without support equal to the moment.
There is wisdom guiding you.
There is strength rising within you.
There is Love working around you and through you in ways you may not yet see.
Sometimes being held looks like clarity.
Sometimes it looks like rest.
Sometimes it looks like the quiet endurance that keeps you taking the next faithful step.
You are held in your becoming.
Held in your healing.
Held in your growth.
And even when your faith feels small, the Presence that holds you does not waver.
You do not have to carry everything alone.
You are supported.
You are sustained.
You are held — more deeply, more completely, and more faithfully than you realize.
An inspired reflection by Ellen Edmondson