Palm Reading
I am trying to study now. But it is so hard, for so many reasons. But what makes me sit here still is what I read in Proverbs 10:5 "He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son". So summer (or whatever is left of it), I will use you prudently!
So as I was sitting here, trying (really really trying) to study, I looked down at my palms, on to the lines etched into my skin. Some believe that a person's entire life is written on one's palm. We had a sleepover once at my aunt's house (she's not too much older that I) and she looked at my palms and told me that I have a lot of enemies. Man, talk about shooting down a kid's self esteem. And she also mentioned something about having a lot of boyfriends and children. Both of which (thankfully) has not happened as of yet. Anyways, coming back to the subject at hand (no pun intended), Isaiah 49:16 says that God has engraved our names upon the palms of His hand.
How beautiful to think of the love Christ had for you and me. Throughout the 33 years of Christ's life, You and I was His sole mission, cause there our names were, engraved upon His hands. His life's purpose was you and me, to set us free from the bondage of sin. That upon the cross, as soldiers pierced the hand of God, the nails pierced through your name and my name. No longer does our past weigh into our name, our reputation. No more do we need to feel shame when they tease and taunt and mock our name, our reputation. For when Christ looks at your name and my name, He doesn't see condemnation, He doesn't see our past. He sees the pierced scar that remains. A scar that reminds our beautiful Savior that our sin is atoned, our shame cleansed. So it is, that our name once dirty and disgusting, now shines upon His palm, reminding everyone who looks upon it of holiness and righteousness.
I don't know if it's true that our lives are written upon our palms, but I do know that my name, my life is written upon His palms.
So as I was sitting here, trying (really really trying) to study, I looked down at my palms, on to the lines etched into my skin. Some believe that a person's entire life is written on one's palm. We had a sleepover once at my aunt's house (she's not too much older that I) and she looked at my palms and told me that I have a lot of enemies. Man, talk about shooting down a kid's self esteem. And she also mentioned something about having a lot of boyfriends and children. Both of which (thankfully) has not happened as of yet. Anyways, coming back to the subject at hand (no pun intended), Isaiah 49:16 says that God has engraved our names upon the palms of His hand.
How beautiful to think of the love Christ had for you and me. Throughout the 33 years of Christ's life, You and I was His sole mission, cause there our names were, engraved upon His hands. His life's purpose was you and me, to set us free from the bondage of sin. That upon the cross, as soldiers pierced the hand of God, the nails pierced through your name and my name. No longer does our past weigh into our name, our reputation. No more do we need to feel shame when they tease and taunt and mock our name, our reputation. For when Christ looks at your name and my name, He doesn't see condemnation, He doesn't see our past. He sees the pierced scar that remains. A scar that reminds our beautiful Savior that our sin is atoned, our shame cleansed. So it is, that our name once dirty and disgusting, now shines upon His palm, reminding everyone who looks upon it of holiness and righteousness.
I don't know if it's true that our lives are written upon our palms, but I do know that my name, my life is written upon His palms.
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