Wending Our Way...
Hand-Carried
March 28, 2025
Luke 24:39
... [Jesus speaking] Look at my hands and my feet....
For some reason today I got to thinking about all the things I carry in my hands. Maybe that's because I carried a lot of things yesterday when I was out running errands and doing housework: keys, receipts, a script from the drugstore, a book I'd taken along just in case, wallet, sunglasses, laundry, a watering can, dishes....
That was all stuff I carried for me. How about stuff I've carried for others? There's a book I took to the neighbor, a script to the drugstore for Larry, a spice bottle of dill I gave to my sister, my phone number I gave to a neighbor, and a glove I returned to a woman who'd dropped it as she walked past me. Where would we be without our hands?
This naturally led me to think about Christ's hands. Throughout His earthly life and on the Cross, His Hands were an important part of His ministry to people. He touched others, held scripture and children, blessed people and meals, cooked fish on the shore, and carried the Cross. Where would we be without His Hands?