September 12, 2025
Theme: Rest in His Embrace — Security Beyond Fear
We spend our days gripping so tightly—
to schedules, to people, to outcomes we’re afraid of losing.
But when your strength runs out,
when your hands finally release,
you’ll discover something greater:
you were never falling.
You were always being held.
Words of Light
“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
— Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)
Reflection
Life often feels like it depends on how long we can hang on. If we loosen our grip, we fear we’ll lose everything—our place, our progress, even our peace.
But God whispers: It’s not your hands that secure you—it’s Mine.
Isaiah 49 paints a picture of permanence: engraved on His palms. Not written in pencil that can be erased, not scribbled in ink that fades, but carved into His very being. You are carried in the safest place of all—the embrace of your Creator.
Rest in His embrace means:
- Exhaling the weight you weren’t meant to carry.
- Believing His arms are wide enough to catch every burden.
- Choosing surrender not as weakness, but as refuge.
The truth is, your future doesn’t depend on how tightly you can hold on. It depends on the God whose arms never grow weary. His embrace is steady, scarred, and strong.
Let today be the day you lean back, release the strain, and rest in His embrace.
Pause and Consider
- Where am I resisting God’s embrace by trying to manage it all myself?
- How does knowing I am engraved on His hands change how I see my security?
- What peace could I step into if I trusted His arms completely?
Affirmation
I am engraved on the hands of God.
I am safe in His steady embrace.
His arms are my refuge—
and I rest without fear.
Peace,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the founder of NewVision Counseling and Consulting Services, PLLC. She is also the creator of the Journey to Me™ program and Mend n Muse Media™, where she shares tools and reflections that support healing, resilience, and self-love.