UPHELD
Today's reading: Job 18-21

"He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters. He delivered me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me. They attacked me at a moment when I was weakest, but the Lord upheld me." Psalm 18:16-18 NLT

Five or six years ago I gave a hurting friend a Dollar Tree timer.

The times were tough for her. Her body and health were failing. Her faith was wobbly, to say the least. She, admittedly, said she didn't think she could make it through another day.

So I gave her the timer with these instructions...When it's the worst, set your timer for one minute and get through that single minute. Then repeat as needed.

Seemed like the oddest of gifts, but I've been texted by her and simply told, 'God and I made it through another day, minute by minute.'

I think that's what 'being upheld' in these verses means.

No big rescues. No evident deliverances from hard situations. But His hand on our shoulders. His arm around us. His breath in our lungs. His cheering getting us up one more time. His hand reaching down to grab ours. His light lighting up the very next step--one step at a time.

One minute at a time.

Get yourself a timer...