Your Right Hand Will Hold Me Fast

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Psalm 139:7-16

What is it about babies that makes us smile? Many people will stop everything at the sight or sound of a baby and will flock to gaze at the little one. We notice these things when we go to a nursing home. Though most of the residents are wheelchair bound and some suffer from dementia, the visit of a family with a baby will almost unfailingly bring a spark of joy to their eyes – tentatively at first but then undoubtedly – a smile appears. It can be amazing to watch.

Maybe babies bring a smile because of the wonder of a new life – so precious, tiny, and full of promise. Seeing a baby can remind us of our awesome God and the great love He has for us.

Not only does goes give us physical life but He also offers us spiritual rebirth through Jesus. God promises believers new bodies and life eternal when Jesus returns.

Physical life and spiritual rebirth – gifts to celebrate from our Father’s hand.

The works of God are marvelous, and He deserves our constant praise.

Our Daily Bread – May 13, 2014