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8…Holding Tight

Good morning! Going into the grocery store, I saw a mom and a little boy walking hand-in-hand. I thought it was so cute, until I got closer to them. Complete with sound effects, the little boy was doing his level best to get his hand out of his mom’s hand. It was evident that this little tyke thought he could do this without his mom and he was ready to show it. But the mom had quite a grip on him and he wasn’t getting away from her until she said so.

After I finished chuckling about what I had seen, I started thinking. Don’t we do that same thing with God? We think that we can handle things on our own, so we let go of His hand and go about our business thinking we’ve got everything under control. We feel confident that all is good and then when a crisis comes, and some sort of crisis always hits, we realize that we can’t get this one done by ourselves so we want to reach out for and hold His hand again and wonder why we ever let it go in the first place!

Isaiah 41:13 says:

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, who says to you, do not fear I will help you.”

Just like the mother didn’t want to let go of that little boy’s hand, our Heavenly Father wants to hang on to our hand, too, knowing that this would be the best thing for us. Life would be so much easier if we just remembered to take hold of God’s hand and not let go. So, here’s to holding tight!