Sunday, August 15, 2010

Your hands

"For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." Isaiah 41:13

Danica crawled into my lap today. I felt her soft and warm little body meld into my mommy arms like she has hundreds of times. I put my face into her hair and smelled the sweetness of baby soap and her own special scent. My first thought was gratitude for the moment and the awareness of how sweet a gift it was. My second thought was about losing this for weeks and months. How do you snuggle in such a crazy cast?

I have been listening to the song "Your Hands" sung by J.J. Heller today. I am in a great deal of personal physical pain. I am feeling overwhelmed by my work and the intense desire to just spend the next month loving my daughters and husband well and preparing for Danica's surgery.

I need to take my Father's outstretched hand. I need a renewed understanding of how strong His arms are. The very hands that hold the universe are holding my Danica when I cannot. They are holding Dan and Delaney. They are holding me. He will never let us go.

I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn't there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away
That You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crooked lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

Your hands
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave You when...

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave...
I never leave Your hands

3 comments:

  1. I really like that song. I encompasses the true pain that many of us are in. I have been and will continue praying for your entire family and the doctors who will be helping Danica. God is holding you tight during this trying time. Sending hugs all the way from Texas.

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  2. Praying for you. Praying for our Lord to go before you, be behind you and surround you and your family with His love and protection.

    Carol C

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  3. Thank you for so openly sharing your story, your pain, and your hope. Your blog readers are blessed, and God is glorified.

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