Reading old posts that I wrote in my first years of writing – well, they bring treasured warmth to my heart – how God wants to reach us – how God reached me…
Here is a blessed post from early on but now edited with thankfulness:
Settling Your Heart into Jesus’s Hands, 07Sept2016 and 09FEB2026
I have experienced Jesus awakening me, grabbing my hand to wake me. I have also experienced Jesus raising my whole body from when I lost focus like Peter and started sinking into the water… Jesus not JUST grabbing my hand, but truly picking me up BY MY HEART, by scooping HIS hands under it, lifting me up with LOVE.
I’ve been in the water, Jesus let the water rinse me, then when I rose my hand in surrender, Jesus picked me up to drain me from being too waterlogged and heavy. The water poured in and out, with a cleansing rinse… Jesus made my burdens lighter.
We need ALWAYS to be the one to let go completely and release our heart into HIS hands, let it sink low into protective custody… To shelter in Christ is divine.
Rest your heart, you’ve traveled so far, it’s OK to be weary… Rest your tired soul, settle in…
Jesus came to raise us up to hold us up so we could hone in on the focus we need to make it thru life. Jesus came not to judge the world, but to save it (John 3:17).
Let your heart nestle down into Jesus’s hands… Wholly and solidly we surrender our selves into HIS supporting arms, let your body sigh and let your soul rest into love. Let your heart nestle in, surrender into the protective shield, wear Jesus on your heart as your armor of God. Feel your whole heart in contact with His gentle yet strong hands.
We need to make it thru life, but we will find salvation wearing the bloodshed from Christ, and only then we find ourselves living the life of the good news, in life everlasting.
Please Lord, when we are sinking, let the cleansing living water of Jesus rinse thru our hearts. Please Lord, pick us up to drain us from our waterlogged and heavy lives. Please Lord, scoop us up, lifting our hearts with Your hands. Lifting us into salvation…
Lifting us with LOVE.
AMEN
Debbie Upper 