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Ecclesiastes 9:10 – Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.<\/em><\/p>\n

While cleaning my office one day, I found this article about hands.\u00a0It reminds me of how I felt when I\u00a0held my mom’s hands as she lay in the hospital bed, soon to go home to be with Jesus. I took her hand in mine, and spoke to her about her beautiful hands and the many things she\u00a0accomplished with her hands. I miss my mom tremendously, but I know that she\u00a0is experiencing the ultimate use of her hands\u2014touching the face of God.<\/p>\n

I don’t know who wrote this story, but the author penned the words so\u00a0much like how I feel.<\/p>\n

Grandmother’s Hands – A Story Written by Unknown Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn’t move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands. When I sat down beside her she didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if she was OK.<\/p>\n

Finally, not really wanting to disturb her but wanting to check on her at the same time, I asked her if she was OK. She raised her head and looked at me and smiled. “Yes, I’m fine, thank you for asking,” she said in a clear strong voice. “I didn’t mean to disturb you, grandma, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK,” I explained to her.<\/p>\n

“Have you ever looked at your hands,” she asked. “I mean really looked at your hands?”<\/p>\n

I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point she was making.<\/p>\n

Grandma smiled and related this story: “Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life.<\/p>\n

“They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots. They held my husband and wiped my tears when he went off to war.<\/p>\n

“They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent. They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son.<\/p>\n

Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special. They wrote my letters to him and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse. “They have held my children and grandchildren, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn’t understand.<\/p>\n

“They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw.<\/p>\n

And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer.<\/p>\n

“These hands are the mark of where I’ve been and the ruggedness of life. But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ.”<\/p>\n

I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God reached out and took my grandma’s hands and led her home. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children and husband I think of grandma. I know she has been stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God.<\/p>\n

I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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