KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Hands
SOME HANDS ARE used to play piano, some to mold clay, others to sign for those who cannot hear...
Some hands are used to cook for others.
Look at your hands. What do you see? I see veins popping up, brown spots, wrinkles and unpolished nails. I see only the blemishes, but God sees them as instruments for serving others. If I choose, they can be used like the woman who "extends her hand to the needy" ( Proverbs 31:20).
Paul tells us to "work with our hands" ( 1 Thessalonians 4:11). Solomon states that "lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth" ( Proverbs 10:4). Isaiah begs for strength for his feeble hands ( Isaiah 35:3). David also admonishes us to have "clean hands and pure heart" ( Psalm 24:4). Gaynelle Thomas
KneEmail: "Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need." Ephesians 4:28
Bible reading for 01.20.10: Matthew 13:31-58; Genesis 49-50
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