The story of my life begins and ends with You. You’ve always been my Day One. My birth was nothing of major significance. Not much fanfare or any bells and whistles. I dare to think I was just another ‘oops’! A man and a woman who were hardly committed to each other. They ended before I could have any memory of a home with them both. But You held me.
I have always felt an extraordinary sense of love and favor surrounding me. Never reveled in excess but had just enough. My early days were simple but drenched with laughter. Every road I took, You led the way. Positioning souls of all kinds to cocoon me with all I needed to flourish. Even with bumps and and bruises, You poured oil on my wounds. When my steps faltered Your everlasting arms lifted and bore me up.
Life threw punches of all sorts – You taught me to fight. You trained my hands for war and my fingers to do battle. By You I leapt over walls. Bent over in storms but You gave me come-back power. Lost some battles but You caused me to collect spoils from the war. Today You continue to be the Lifter of my head. Head bowed and shoulders weary at times, but still I rise. Hope never vanishes and peace bathes over my soul. I awaken each day seen and heard because I am HELD.
Restored Hearts 
“Thou, O Lord, are a shield for me. My glory and the lifter of my head”.
I imagine you know the song well…
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Indeed! One of my faves…
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Our experiences in life have been very different, RH, yet our experience with God very similar! I too look back and can see God’s engineering of circumstances for my benefit, his provision in rather miraculous ways, his blessings along the way, and come-back power (LOVE that term you created!) out of trouble, disappointments, and pain. Praise God for his mercies that are new every morning, year after year, decade after decade!
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O the love of God!
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