I Will Carry You

"I have made you and I will carry you." (Isaiah 46:4)

What an incredible verse! Don't we all want to be carried sometimes? Aren't we like little children who get tired and long to be swept up in their Father's arms? God says He will carry us. We're not too heavy!

I found a German proverb yesterday in one of my library books. It says "Aller Anfang is schwer, " which means: "Every new beginning is hard." It's true! New beginnings are hard. But, I know from experience that endings are hard too. So if you are in one of those days between a beginning and an end--rejoice! And if you are facing an end, or plodding through a beginning, rest in your Father's arms and let Him carry you.

Selah has a new song called, "I Will Carry You." It was written when the lead singer and his wife were told that the baby girl she was carrying would not survive after birth. The doctors recommended terminating her pregnancy, but the mother said no "I will carry her."

It thrills my soul to think of God saying to me, "I will carry you, while your heart beats here-- long beyond Anna's empty bed, through the coming years. I will carry you all your life."

There were photographs I wanted to take
Things I wanted to show you
Sing sweet lullabies, wipe your teary eyes
Who could love you like this?

People say that I am brave but I’m not
Truth is I’m barely hanging on
But there’s a greater story
Written long before me
Because He loves you like this

So I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All my life
And I will praise the One Who’s chosen me
To carry you

Such a short time
Such a long road
All this madness
But I know
That the silence
Has brought me to His voice
And He says…

I’ve shown her photographs of time beginning
Walked her through the parted seas
Angel lullabies, no more teary eyes
Who could love her like this?

I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All your life
And I will praise the One Who’s chosen Me
To carry you

(I Will Carry You, by Todd and Angela Smith)