<http://www.markmallett.com/blog/?p=348>Those Hands
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THOSE hands. So tiny, so small, so harmless. They
were God’s hands. Yes, we could look at God’s
hands, touch them, feel them… tender, warm,
gentle. They were not a clenched fist, determined
to bring justice. They were hands open, willing
to grab whomever would hold them. The message was this:
Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father
will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
THOSE hands. So strong, firm, but gentle. They
were God’s hands. Extended in healing, raising
the dead, opening the eyes of the blind,
caressing the little children, comforting the
sick and sorrowful. They were hands open, willing
to grab whomever would hold them. The message was this:
I would leave ninety-nine sheep to find one little lost one.
THOSE hands. So bruised, pierced, and bleeding.
They were God’s hands. Nailed by the lost sheep
He sought, He did not raise them in a fist of
punishment, but once again let His hands become…
harmless. The message was this:
I did not come into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world might be saved through Me.
THOSE hands. Powerful, firm, but gentle. They are
God’s handsopen to receive all those who have
kept His Word, who have let themselves be found
by Him, who have believed in Him so that they
might be saved. These are the hands which will at
once extend to all of humanity at the end of
time… but only a few will find them. The message is this:
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Yes, the greatest sorrow in hell will be the
realization that the hands of God were as loving
as a baby, gentle as a lamb, and as forgiving as a Father.
Truly, we have nothing to fear in these hands,
except, to never be held by them.
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inspiration and continue with Your help,
so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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Lord, may everything we do begin with Your
inspiration and continue with Your help,
so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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