Please Hold On

I wanted to tell you

It would not subside

I read your poem 

And my heart began to cry

The faith that’s been lost 

Is no small thing

The Lord is waiting to see you 

Looking to Him again

You have heard every answer 

You have experienced the pain

You have waited in longsuffering

For it all to go away

You stood on the word 

Until your knees became week 

Then you stumbled and looked

But could not find relief

You saw no hand 

reaching out for you

No solution 

No bandaid 

Not even a smile 

To hold on to

Now in your darkest hour 

The things you held on to

Seem bleak and surreal

They don’t even appeal to you

You are in this world

But will you be of it

Is the pain enough

To forget what’s been promised

See your circumstances were defeated 

By salvation at the cross

Didn’t you believe 

That your God was the truth

Even during every little loss

The things of this world 

Will blow away

Like chaff in the wind

No more pain 

Or sorrow

Will there ever be again

Only in this place 

Can the thief 

Kill, steal, and destroy

Will you remember

Who you truly are 

And receive your inheritance

I hope that you will

Because your my family

Through him we are saved 

And he loves you immensely

So I’m standing here

I’m right in the gap

I am praying in the place

Where your faith has lapsed

Interceding for your loved one

For healing in Jesus name

Declaring the mind of Christ over you

To relieve your hardest days

When you let the light in

The darkness must flee

And you will be free 

From anger and grief