You Hem Me In! Protection That Can’t Be Penetrated
- caroline borishade
- Jun 3, 2025
- 2 min read
I Know What It’s Like to Feel Exposed
There was a time I felt like life was coming at me from every direction
Pain behind me.
Fear ahead of me.
Confusion all around me.
It felt like I had no protection.
Like I was standing in the open, vulnerable to heartbreak, disappointment, and betrayal.
But then I heard this verse in my spirit:
“You hem me in behind and before, and You lay Your hand upon me.”
Psalm 139:5 (NIV)
And everything shifted.
This wasn’t just comfort, it was a divine boundary.
Protection that can’t be penetrated.
God Is the One Who Holds Me Together
The word “hem” reminded me of fabric, how a hem prevents something from fraying, from falling apart.
I’ve felt frayed.
After years in an abusive marriage and the heartbreak that followed, I truly believed I had unravelled beyond repair.
But I was wrong.
Behind me, He covered what broke me.
Before me, He stood guard over what’s still ahead.
Around me, He wrapped me in a love that holds it all together.
God didn’t just look at my life, He encased it.
And there’s nothing the enemy can do to breach what God Himself has sealed.
His Hand Is Still on Me
The part that makes me weep is this:
“…and You lay Your hand upon me.”
Not to silence me.
Not to punish me.
But to steady me.
God isn’t far. He’s not watching from a distance.
His hand is on me.
That means I’m not exposed, I’m covered.
Not forgotten but favoured.
Not alone, He's with me.
The enemy tried to convince me that I was wide open to destruction.
But he was wrong, because God had already surrounded me.
I may have felt like I was walking alone, but heaven had built walls around me that betrayal couldn’t penetrate.
Even in the moments I doubted my worth…
Even in the nights I cried myself to sleep…
I was already hemmed in.
I didn’t realise it yet.
Prayer
Father, thank You for surrounding me.
Behind me is covered. Before me is protected.
I am not exposed, I am secure.
When others let go, you laid your hand on me.
When I didn’t know how to keep going, you held me in place.
You are the One who hems me in, and no darkness can get through what You have wrapped in light. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Written by: Caroline
Founder, Rise & Reclaim,
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