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Hold On

Psalm  139:1-6, 13-18       2 Corinthians 4:5-12       Mark 2:23-3:6 A few years back I was on my way to work and I heard this brilliantly raw and simple voice on the radio telling me to “hold on.” Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes sang: Bless my heart, bless my soul Didn't think I'd make it to 22 years old There must be someone up above Sayin', "Come on, Brittany, you got to come on up!” You got to hold on! I don’t know what was going on at the time, but it struck me. It played me like I was a string on a guitar. It rang in and out of my soul, and it suddenly became my song. Does that ever happen to you? Do you ever have those moments where something you see or hear reflects where you are in the world? In these media rich, frenzied days we get image after image, meme after meme, and vine after vine that we drink like junkies and never get enough. And yet we keep looking. We keep looking for some refle...