Zephania 3:17 reads that” the Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

When I was younger, if I was hurt or sick, all I wanted was my mom. I think, to some degree, my boys feel the same about me – even at the independent ages of the teenage years.

Most Mom’s can soothe hurts can’t they? They don’t fix, or cure, or heal…but can make it better somehow.

Reading this passage shows me my desire for my Savior to soothe my hurts.

When my child has been in deep pain- physical or emotional- I speak quietly to him. There is no shouting or yelling…there is me coming close, us sharing personal space, and soft mutterings that only he and I can hear….most the time it is me saying “it’s ok, I’m here, I love you, you can do this, we can do this” all while rubbing their back…

Can you see the tender moment in your own memory?

Not everyone gets that.

Not everyone keeps that into the self sufficiency of adulthood.

But, I find, this is still what I desire of the Lord:

To quiet me with His love.

I want to be held in my pain. I want to be held in my confusion. I want to be held in my sorrow or uncertainty.

I want those murmerings to say “I am here…it’s ok…we got this.”

To be quieted with love….what a beautiful way to start and end a day…feeling secure, safe, strengthened, hopeful…and not one iota of my situation needed to be changed to find all that.

All I need is time…quiet time…with my Lord.

There is a Natalie Grant song called “Held”. Check it out..