...hands lifted to the sky...

THIRD DAY LYRICS
"I Will Hold My Head High"

Sometimes the night starts closing in
And I've lost my way home again
I'm running out of places I can turn
Enemies on every side
Not a friend around for miles
That's the time it really starts to hurt

...Chorus...

I know you said it'd be okay
Sometimes I question just the same
I wonder if my problems are too small
Then I look back and realize
All your pain and sacrifice
Oh and how you suffered for us all

Beat me up and drag me down
And lock me in or keep me out
Whatever they may throw at me
I'll turn into a song for you

CHORUS:
Beat me up and drag me down
I'll never be afraid
I will hold my head high
Lift my hands to the sky
Rise above all who try to bring me down
I will hold my head high
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SAM reflects...

Sometimes there are enemies all about and all around.
And sometimes we are our worst enemy.
But I will choose to hold my head up high and lift my hands to the sky
and praise my Heavenly Father, Savior, Councilor, Friend King,
...who loved me, loves me, and will continue to love me without end
and who will continue to be the strength, wisdom, knowledge, discernment, refuge, and rest that I need. And I will remember who God is (in the ways HE has revealed Himself to me in such real, tangible, meaningful, relational ways). And I will remember all of the strong powerful ways HE has been so loving, merciful, faithful, compassionate, and good to me.
And I will thank HIM again... for the gift of JOY and the promise of peace!

Because...

God has promised in HIS word...
Isaiah 54 (New Living Translation)
16 “I have created the blacksmith
who fans the coals beneath the forge
and makes the weapons of destruction.
And I have created the armies that destroy.
17 But in that coming day
no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord;
their vindication will come from me.
I, the Lord, have spoken!


Sometimes though the Amplified is so repetitive and wordy - it does say it best.

Isaiah 54:9-17 Amplified Bible (AMP)

9 For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

10 For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.

11 O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires.

12 And I will make your windows and pinnacles of [sparkling] agates or rubies, and your gates of [shining] carbuncles, and all your walls [of your enclosures] of precious stones.(A)

13 And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children.(B)

14 You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God's will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

15 Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from Me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you.

16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy.

17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.