Held by the Right Hand
By Jimmie Aaron Kepler

This morning I was pacing the kitchen like a man trying to out walk his thoughts.

The coffee was hot, but my heart wasn’t settled. A car needing fixed in the driveway. Appointments on the calendar. A few health worries clinging to the edges of my mind like the last leaves on a cottonwood tree after a cold front.

Sometimes life just heaps it on, don’t it?

One day you’re managing just fine—feeding the feral cats, reading your morning devotionals and writing in your journal, checking off your to-do list. The next, it feels like everything hits at once. Family stuff. Finances. Health. Stuff breaking, needing fixed. The world spinning faster than you can catch your breath.

And that’s when this verse came quietly—like a kind voice at the back door, calling you in from the cold:

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” — Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)

Now that right there is what I call soul steadying.

Not “I might.”
Not “If you pray hard enough.”
Not “When things calm down.”
Just—I will.

God doesn’t flinch when we’re frazzled. He doesn’t withdraw when the pressure’s up. He steps in. Leans close. Holds tight.

I’ve lived long enough to know what it feels like to be held by that right hand.

It’s not always dramatic. Sometimes it’s a whisper of peace in the middle of a noisy day.
Sometimes it’s strength when I’ve got none left. Sometimes it’s just the knowing—deep down in my bones—that I’m not alone.

So if you’re like me today, carrying a load that feels just a bit too heavy…
Let go of trying to carry it all by yourself.

You don’t have to be the strong one. You don’t have to figure it all out.
You just have to hold on.

Because He’s already holding you.

Stay rooted in the promises. Stay steady in the storm.

Grace and Peace,
Jimmie

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