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Pleasant Place
Sometimes I feel small- tucked away tight,
silently pressed between the invisible.
It doesn’t feel right- anchored down deep,
pebbles pinching every corner of me.
Where is my big sky?
Where is my pleasant place?
I want my lot.
My cup.
My portion.
So I’ll let the wind through- and I’ll remember it:
how I kept shape, how my frame remained.
And I’ll grow beyond it.
I made this piece during an especially tender moment. Something I heard- though not cruel- unsettled me and brought back memories from a darker season of depression. Weaving this was part of how I worked through it. As I moved thread by thread, I found myself praying, reflecting, and remembering how far God has carried me over the past year.
The opening at the center represents a vulnerable place- a wound, but also a passage. It felt like a return to old pain, but also a step toward something deeper: learning to root my worth in God’s promises, not in the shifting ground of man’s approval.
The title comes from Psalm 16:6:
“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.”
This verse reminded me that even when my emotions feel unstable, there is a gentle order beneath it all- one that I can trust.
Pleasant Place is the first tapestry in What Holds, a series about presence, endurance, and the quiet power of being held.