A Tender Leaf in the Storm

The Bible tells me the Lord is near to those who are crushed in spirit. It may feel at times that being crushed is like living as a fragile leaf in a very dark storm. The wind comes, howling. The fight to hold on is all that is known. Thought, character, hope – everything is pared down to that thin node on the bending, bowing branch. It is torrential. Perilous. My sense, and all that I am, is being crushed. But in Jesus I can hold on. Today, I give to Jesus that node.