Psalm 73:23-26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.\u00a0 24\u00a0You guide\u00a0me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.\u00a0 25\u00a0Whom have I in heaven but you?\u00a0 And earth has nothing I desire besides you.\u00a0 26\u00a0My flesh and my heart\u00a0may fail, but God is the strength\u00a0of my heart and my portion\u00a0forever.<\/i><\/p>\n
John 6:37<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.<\/i><\/p>\n
Father to Child “Dear, please put your open hands out in front of you with your palms up.”<\/p>\n
Child does what Father asked.<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cNow Dear, please tell me, what is in your hands?\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cNow are you worried that if you turn your hands over something will fall out?<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cNo Daddy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cBecause I\u2019m not holding onto anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cLet\u2019s check that out.\u00a0\u00a0Turn your hands over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Child does what Father asked.<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cNow did anything fall out?\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cNo Daddy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cWhy not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cBecause I wasn\u2019t holding onto anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cRight!\u00a0\u00a0Keep it that way!\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t hold onto to things.\u00a0\u00a0If you do, you will worry that you may drop them.\u00a0\u00a0Holding onto to them will keep you from doing more wonderful things with your hands like petting our dog, or the cat.\u00a0\u00a0Like touching a flower, or feeling the wind blow through your fingers, or the cool water in your hands on a hot summer day.\u00a0\u00a0Or it may keep you from holding my hand.\u00a0\u00a0And Dear, I don\u2019t want anything to keep you from holding onto my hand.\u00a0\u00a0Do you understand?\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cUh huh, I think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cThat is great Dear!\u00a0\u00a0Now, what is the one thing that you hold most dear and closest to your heart that you can never drop or lose?
\nChild to Father \u201cIs it God?\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cYes, it is God?\u00a0\u00a0If you keep God closest to your heart you cannot ever, whatever you do with your hands, drop or lose Him.\u00a0\u00a0Do you know why?\u201d<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cUm, yes, I think I do.\u00a0\u00a0It is because He is not in my hand, I am in His hands and He will never drop me!
\nFather to Child \u201cRight! You are absolutely right!\u00a0\u00a0I see that you know the most important thing in life!\u00a0\u00a0How did you get so smart?<\/p>\n
Child to Father \u201cMommy teaches me!\u201d<\/p>\n
Father to Child \u201cYes Dear, Mommy teaches you!\u201d<\/p>\n
P<\/b><\/span>salm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Your God<\/i>.<\/p>\n Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Psalm 73:23-26\u00a0–\u00a0Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.\u00a0 24\u00a0You guide\u00a0me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.\u00a0 25\u00a0Whom have I in heaven but you?\u00a0 And earth has nothing I desire besides you.\u00a0 26\u00a0My flesh and my heart\u00a0may fail, but God is the strength\u00a0of my heart…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[100,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}