Hold my hand

Earlier this month my niece graduated.  The ceremony was held at Hofienz Pavillion.  It was crazy!  One large school had just completed their ceremony, her school was next and another large school was behind us.  When the ceremony was over it was quite the challenge to locate my niece in such a large class.

We are quite a large family and the family is larger on her mom's side.  We exited the building and tried to stay together as a family so that we would not get lost in the crowd.  My husband got caught in the crowd but I continued to move with the group.

At one point, I looked up and could see my sister, brother-n-law and dad moving away from me.  I thought to myself "I have to keep my eye on them."  The next time I looked up I saw my father's all familiar hand.  His skin so brown, reflective of all the years he held it out the window as he drove his dump truck and my sister's petite hand, nails trimmed reflective of cleanliness as a nurse should be. My sister had taken his hand and clasped it holding it above the crowd.  

My sister was going to make sure she did not lose my dad, she was going to make certain that he walked hand in hand with her until they reached the destination.  To say that the picture tugged at my heart is an understatement.  My heart melted at this sight. 

Today, many of my friends are suffering major trials.  We are also on challenging journies.  I think of how we could very easily give up and get lost in the crowd.  We could go different directions and lose sight of God's promises. 

Instead, God tells us "Give me your hand, I will lead you."  If we just take that hand and not let go, He will get us to the other side.  God will cradle us and hold us and carry us so that we are not alone.  You may look up and see no one around but He is saying "Hold my hand."

Don't let go. This too shall pass.  God has offerred us eternal life and when we accept that gift,  no one can take it away from us and no one can take us away from him.  So keep holding His hand, He will get you through!

"...I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, no one will snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.  I and the Father are one."  John 10:28-30