HOLD TIGHTLY TO HIS HAND
If ever a time we need to hold tightly to God’s hand it
is now. I think of His hands often. I am reminded that His hands are nail-pierced
for me. His hands are the hands of the
Creator. As I look outside at those grey
clouds I am reminded again of those hands who hold this world together. With those precious hands He healed the sick,
opened blind eyes and deaf ears.
“Can a woman
forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yet I
will not forget you. See I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands: your
walls are continually before Me” Isaiah 49:15-16.
Those hands, those precious hands are engraved with your
name, my friend and mine. He will never
forget us. I am again reminded of an elderly man as I showed him this scripture
to remind him how much God loved him.
“But that is millions of people” he said. And as I left him that day he was still
looking at his hands and amazed at God’s promise.
As I continue to recover and have needed an extra hand to
help me along I have been looking at my husband’s strong hands, His hands are
strong and sturdy to lead me along in this journey I am on at this time. His
hands are loving hands. His are
hard-working hands and gentle hands who gently held three baby daughters and
walked them also down the aisle in marriage. And we continue to walk hand in
hand together ever mindful of Who has held our hands in His over these fifty
two years.
And I am again reminded of my Wonderful Lord and how He
has never changed and His hands have held me fast when the storms have come in
my life and as the years roll on and it seems like some trials come
back-to-back. I could not find any
stories of how this song was written but look at the words and hold tightly to
His hand.
HOLD
TO GOD’S UNCHANGING HAND
Time is filled with transition,
Naught of earth unmoved can stand,
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand.
Refrain:
Hold to God’s unchanging hand,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand;
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand,
Trust in Him who will not leave you,
Whatsoever years may bring,
If by earthly friends forsaken,
Still more closely to Him cling.
Refrain
Covet not this world’s vain riches
That so rapidly decay,
Seek to gain the heav’nly treasures
They will never pass away.
Refrain
When your journey is completed,
If to God you have been true,
Fair and bright the home in glory
Your enraptured soul will view.
Franklin l. Eiland
I look back over the years and see the changes time has
made. When I was young I never thought about the years ahead. After all time moved slowly it seemed. We
were busy raising our children and didn’t give much thought to the fact of
growing old. But here we are in our
senior years and time seems to be speeding up.
But I have learned to hold tightly to His hand. He never changes or will ever let go of my
hand.
He has promised in His Word to never leave us or forsake
us (Hebrews 13:5). And we don’t know
what the years ahead hold. As we get
older more of our friends and loved ones will leave us. Some come to a place in life where no friends
or family remain but there is a hand that we can cling to tightly, His
unchanging hand!
The riches of this world will pass away. We will take nothing of this world with us
when we die. But what we have done for
Jesus will bring us treasures in heaven.
Whose hand are you clinging to this day?
Are you clinging to the possessions of this world? I pray this day that if you feel like your world
is falling apart and earthly friends have forsaken you, just reach up right now
by faith and take His outstretched hand, as He reaches out to you.
And someday this journey will be over. We who love the Lord will be welcomed home at
last by the One who has held us fast over the years. There will be eternal joy in His presence and
gathered there will be loved ones and no more parting over there. So my friends whatever happens in our lives
we can cling to God’s unchanging hand.
In His Name,
Pastor Sharon
