Years ago, my Dad took me from our little town to the “city” and I remember walking downtown past all the stores and restaurants holding my Dad’s hand. He was on the street side and I was on the side of the different buildings and I just got totally absorbed in what I was seeing. I don’t know how it happened but we had stopped and then started walking again and I looked up at my Dad…and it wasn’t him! The man looked down smiling at me as we were walking and I panicked and turned around behind me and there was my Dad, still carefully watching me but had that smile that probably was to say “This is what happens when you don’t keep holding Dad’s hand!” I’ve thought about that incident over the years and it reminds me of something that Jesus said. He said that his sheep follow him…and that no one could snatch them out of his hand. And then he went on to say that his father is greater than all…and no one can snatch them out of his father’s hand. You know, that day, that man didn’t grab me or try to separate me from my father…I just got careless about my connection with my Dad. And I thought all was going well as I walked down the street…until I realized that I’m not walking with my father. That can happen to us too. No one will tear us away from our father’s hand. But it doesn’t say that we can’t let go. In our journey that can happen. But if one day you see that you are not walking with your father…in heaven…turn loose. Your father in heaven hasn’t left you…he is right there watching you and waiting for you to see that you’ve wandered off. And as soon as you let go of that pretender…he is ready to take your hand again and walk with you all the days of your journey of life on this earth. And the really awesome thing is that when your journey has come to an end…he doesn’t turn loose from you but walks with
you into a life that never ends in a place you have never been…that is truly home. Here’s our Bible verse for today…
John 10:27-29 BSB My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. (28) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. (29) My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ
you into a life that never ends in a place you have never been…that is truly home. Here’s our Bible verse for today…
John 10:27-29 BSB My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. (28) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. (29) My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ