Father’s Hand
Some of my earliest memories are reaching up and taking my father’s hand. It was rough and calloused from working. I always felt safe holding daddy’s hand. I liked to twirl around and dance holding his hand. He would take me in his big hands and throw me in the sky. It felt like I could fly!
No matter how old you are, you can still look up to heaven, reach up and take your Father’s hand. With child-like hope and expectancy, you can trust that your father in heaven will teach you how to walk. You won’t have to be alone. If you stumble and fall He is there to pick you up.
Jesus talked about how we need to come to the Father as little children. A child is open to learn. A child is able to receive direction. There’s a wonder in a child’s heart when they are thinking about the future and they can trust that hand that they hold.
Do you have trouble asking for help when you need it? Do you have trouble trusting in a heavenly father? Do the wounds that you have suffered on earth, cloud your vision of a good God in heaven?
It all requires faith — faith like a little child. So today have a child-like heart and reach up and take His hand.
“Take me by the hand;
Lead me down the path of truth.
You are my Savior, aren’t you?”
Psalm 25:5 MSG
Jesus encourages each of us to come to God like a child…. Like a trusting child, reach up and take your father’s hand to lead you and guide you today.
Happy Father’s Day!
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I am challenged in my heart to be more childlike and expectant as I take the father’s hand…
It’s so wonderful to know we can reach out for our Father’s hand and discover that He’s already reached out for ours. Thanks for sharing this encouraging visual imagery.
Amen! I am so thankful for His eternal reach…
This is beautifully encouraging, Sue. A passage along these lines that God imprinted on my heart earlier this year while my husband was battling pneumonia is Psalm 37:23-24 in the NLT: “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”