Hand-in-hand...a sweet and timeless analogy

                                                                                                                                               Noe stood quietly beside her Abuelito,  her small hand trustingly holding his big hand...his big grandfather-hand lovingly engulfing her small hand.

.  She was about 16 months old then, and this is one of our favorite pictures.  They are on the top of a mountain from where one can look down and see the city of Quito spread out far below.  Beautiful scenery.  And for me, this photo gleams with a beautiful analogy.

How often do we stand quietly beside our Father...our small hands trustingly in His, His large hand lovingly engulfing ours?

What better place to put ourselves?  I Chronicles 29:12 says, "In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all."  Noe sensed that she was safe with Abuelito, so she went with him willingly.

Germán and Noe were on a mountain, but the psalmist wrote that wherever we might be, even in the very depths of the sea (even the sea of despair), "Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." (Psalm 139:10)

And the awesome promise in John 10:28 assures us that we will always be able to find strength, power, refuge, love, trust, safety...in His hand! Jesus Himself said, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, so no one can snatch them out of my hand."
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If you are His child, then when you see His hand reaching out to you, just before it closes warmly over your hand, look at His palm...and remember that you're engraved there.  (Isaiah 49:16)

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