Psalm 73:23-26 – Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
John 6:37 – All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
Father to Child “Dear, please put your open hands out in front of you with your palms up.”
Child does what Father asked.
Father to Child “Now Dear, please tell me, what is in your hands?”
Child to Father “Nothing.”
Father to Child “Now are you worried that if you turn your hands over something will fall out?
Child to Father “No Daddy.”
Father to Child “Why not?”
Child to Father “Because I’m not holding onto anything.”
Father to Child “Let’s check that out. Turn your hands over.”
Child does what Father asked.
Father to Child “Now did anything fall out?”
Child to Father “No Daddy.”
Father to Child “Why not.”
Child to Father “Because I wasn’t holding onto anything.”
Father to Child “Right! Keep it that way! Don’t hold onto to things. If you do, you will worry that you may drop them. Holding onto to them will keep you from doing more wonderful things with your hands like petting our dog, or the cat. Like touching a flower, or feeling the wind blow through your fingers, or the cool water in your hands on a hot summer day. Or it may keep you from holding my hand. And Dear, I don’t want anything to keep you from holding onto my hand. Do you understand?”
Child to Father “Uh huh, I think so.”
Father to Child “That is great Dear! Now, what is the one thing that you hold most dear and closest to your heart that you can never drop or lose?
Child to Father “Is it God?”
Father to Child “Yes, it is God? If you keep God closest to your heart you cannot ever, whatever you do with your hands, drop or lose Him. Do you know why?”
Child to Father “Um, yes, I think I do. It is because He is not in my hand, I am in His hands and He will never drop me!
Father to Child “Right! You are absolutely right! I see that you know the most important thing in life! How did you get so smart?
Child to Father “Mommy teaches me!”
Father to Child “Yes Dear, Mommy teaches you!”
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”