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Think You Can’t Hang On?

Cindy Dawson

Is your heart breaking? Are you in deep despair? Is depression crushing you? Even when you think you can’t hang on, God will hang on to you. No matter what life is throwing at you, no matter how weak your faith might be right now, God will hold you fast.

How do I know? I know because He has done this for me. It has been over 60 years since I asked Jesus to be my Savior. Through many trials, through many sorrows, through all my many failings, He never let me go.

He never said, “That’s it! I’m done with her. She’s gone too far now. Enough is enough!”

When I doubted, He held me fast. When I rebelled, He held me fast. When I went astray, He held me fast. When I was in deep despair, He held me fast. When my heart was broken, He held me fast. This is why I love Him and why I praise Him unashamedly.

It is when I acknowledge my own shortcomings, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses that I can grasp the depth of His great love and forgiveness and understand just how much I really need Him.

If you are searching for love, forgiveness, and mercy, come to Jesus. His love surpasses all understanding. He loves you, yes you.

Scripture for Meditation

“If I settle on the far side of the sea, even there … Your right hand will hold me fast.” (Psalm 139:10)

“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.” (Romans 8:37-39)

“You are not your own;  you were bought at a price.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,  and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:16-19)

Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

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20 thoughts on “Think You Can’t Hang On?”

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    1. Thank you for your encouragement. I schedule my posts ahead of time and pray that they will be just what is needed by someone that day. Little did I know, I would be that person that needed this today. God is amazing! Blessings, my friend!

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  3. What a wonderful testimony Cindy. It is so true and also amazing that the love of God holds us long past anything we can even imagine. I have heard this song before, but after reading your words, it seems so much more meaningful. Thank you and have a blessed weekend my sister.

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  4. My journey could match yours nearly word for word. All throughout the 66 years since I received Christ, He has been faithful. “He Will Hold Me Fast” has become one of my favorites in the past couple of years. Thank you for the encouragement.

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  8. As a stroke survivor I’ve experienced many times when Jesus never let go of me even when I just wanted to give up and felt defeated and too weak to keep fighting for recovery. Jesus never let go of me. I like to say there were 2 sets of footprints, then just 1 set, then one set and drag marks where Jesus had to drag me through my recovery.

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