Just hold on ...

You feel like you have nowhere to turn 
and that things couldn't possibly ever get worse
You're needing some form of encouragement 
and a few coins for your ever emptying purse
All of your resources have been drained 
by bills that have come to you without warning or delay
What is the best path for you to take 
and who is it who will come along to save the day ?

Just hold on and don't let any of these worries 
crush you beyond any hope or any signs of repair
Just look up and see the hands stretched out from the Heavens 
and hear the One who really does care
The Almighty who is all knowing and all seeing 
has been watching you from the moment of your  birth
So let go of your doubting and reach up to the One who has in His hands the Heavens and the earth

I see that you have been crying and that the tear stains 
are laying all over your polished floor
Your eyes are now shadowed from the long hours of weeping 
and you cannot see out of them any more
Too heavy your heart from the worries that have haunted you for ever 
and ever this passing week
Let me tell, you dearest weak one:  that there is an answer to all of these problems: just let me speak:  

Just hold on and don't let any of these worries 
crush you beyond any hope or any signs of repair
Just look up and see the hands stretched out from the Heavens 
and hear the One who really does care
The Almighty who is all knowing and all seeing 
has been watching you from the moment of your  birth
So let go of your doubting and reach up to the One who has in His hands the Heavens and the earth

Those people you've confided in and have trusted forever 
are no longer willing to come around your place
You listen for the cell phone to ring from someone you know 
but there is only a deep emptiness in your space
Abandoned by the family  you thought would be there forever 
you visit with your thoughts full of confusion
You're wondering: where are the Heavens,  the Divinity 
and the people of faith : is it all an Illusion?

Just hold on and don't let any of these worries 
crush you beyond any hope or any signs of repair
Just look up and see the hands stretched out from the Heavens 
and hear the One who really does care
The Almighty who is all knowing and all seeing 
has been watching you from the moment of your  birth
So let go of your doubting and reach up to the One who has in His hands the Heavens and the earth

Then comes in that angel in the flesh, that one person 
you never even expected or thought of at all
You see in her eyes a love so very  generous and real 
that she's not needing you to beg or call
In that moment of kindness unexpected or requested 
you experience the healing you've been longing for
A gesture transforms you and reawakens in you a hope 
that you thought you wouldn't be seeing any more: 

Just hold on and don't let any of these worries 
crush you beyond any hope or any signs of repair
Just look up and see the hands stretched out from the Heavens 
and hear the One who really does care
The Almighty who is all knowing and all seeing 
has been watching you from the moment of your  birth
So let go of your doubting and reach up to the One who has in His hands the Heavens and the earth