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Grandson, Nolan with His Dad
When I downloaded this picture to my computer I was tempted to delete it, but I'm glad that I didn't. I tried to focus on Nolan's face, but ended up spotlighting Joel's hands. Those hands tell an important story.
Nolan can't put into words what his father's hands are doing, yet he knows their power. They lift him up and make him feel secure. Nolan's response to Joel's hands is one of contentment.
"See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands." Isaiah 49:16 New Living Translation
God reminds the people of Israel that not only does he hold them in his hands but that he has written their name, the name of Israel, on his hands. The context of this verse states that God remembers the ruins of Jerusalem. He doesn't forget their pain because he cannot forget them. Their name is inscribed in his hands.
God cannot forget us. Through our watery rebirth in baptism (John 3:5), our name has been inscribe into God's hands. We are his elect, his church, and the name of his church has been written in blood in his hand.
Joel was not going to let go of Nolan no matter how Nolan felt. He could cry, squirm or snuggle and Joel was not going to let go. God never lets go of his people.
We might not be able to put this relationship with God into words, but we know the power of God's hands as they enfold us close to his heart.
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Nolan can't put into words what his father's hands are doing, yet he knows their power. They lift him up and make him feel secure. Nolan's response to Joel's hands is one of contentment.
"See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands." Isaiah 49:16 New Living Translation
God reminds the people of Israel that not only does he hold them in his hands but that he has written their name, the name of Israel, on his hands. The context of this verse states that God remembers the ruins of Jerusalem. He doesn't forget their pain because he cannot forget them. Their name is inscribed in his hands.
God cannot forget us. Through our watery rebirth in baptism (John 3:5), our name has been inscribe into God's hands. We are his elect, his church, and the name of his church has been written in blood in his hand.
Joel was not going to let go of Nolan no matter how Nolan felt. He could cry, squirm or snuggle and Joel was not going to let go. God never lets go of his people.
We might not be able to put this relationship with God into words, but we know the power of God's hands as they enfold us close to his heart.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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