Life be lifing 🙏🏻but lately, this song “Maintain” by Jonathan McReynolds has been ministering to me deeply and I thought to share. This song is not loud or dramatic, it’s honest. It doesn’t pretend as though everything is fine. It doesn’t rush you into “I’m already healed” language. Instead, it sits in a very real place: “God, I’m not falling apart completely, but I need you to help me hold it together.” And that hit me, because so much of life is lived in that middle space, the in-between. It shows where we are still functioning, still showing up, still believing, but internally we are asking God for strength to simply maintain. 🧠 What this song has been reminding me: Sometimes the deepest prayer is not “change everything right now,” but: Lord, help me maintain - Maintain my mind - Maintain my peace - Maintain my joy - Maintain my heart - Maintain my focus when life feels loud - Maintain my sanity It’s a prayer of stability, not just breakthrough. 📖 A Kingdom Truth This aligns so strongly with Proverbs 4:23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” There is a kind of grace that God gives to us, he will not always to remove the pressure immediately, but he has the ability keep us steady under it. 🙏 Reflection Maybe today you don’t need a full reset. Maybe you just need grace to maintain. To stay grounded. To stay prayerful. To stay aligned. To stay present. And God promises to be our very "present" help, so he is always with us. Be Encouraged!