His Hands: Grace in the Wilderness: Prayers and Poetry

                                               His Hands

                                                By the hand

                                                as a lost child

                                                wandering in confusion

                                                not knowing where

                                                is home

                                                where is a safe haven.

                                                Disobedience

                                                discouragement

                                                blurred pathway.

                                                So once again

                                                He holds us

                                                close and begins

                                                a new covenant

                                                of grace.

                                                Holds us

                                                in His hands.

Romans 8: 32, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?”

Reflection: My Covenant: Grace in the Wilderness: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

1. How do you describe your covenant with God?

2. In what ways has your definition or understanding changed over the years as you grow in faith?

3. How would you express or share your definition with a friend?

4. What words would you use to explain to a new believer who is uncertain of the meaning?

My Covenant: Grace in the Wilderness: Prayers and Poetry

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Jeremiah 31: 32, “‘Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,’ declares the Lord.”

My covenant,

Not a word we often use between ourselves. Not a word that is easily understood or explained.

And yet a word we break so many times because of ignorance, or disobedience, or false interpretation.

Yet still a promise—a foundation—a rescue as the Lord personally continues to rescue us from our captivities.  

His committed gift of life.

And yet we still look back too often into our failures and fears and ignore the promise of light and life ahead. Each day now can be built on His word. His power. His purpose.

His covenant.

Now an ongoing claim of mercy from His hands. Through His gift we can begin to live daily in faith and obedience. Because He is holding on to each of us.

Lord, please show us how to truly leave our version of Egypt behind and not look back in fear, but now with our vision and our hearts facing forward, trusting You to guide us into trustworthy actions and attitudes.

Your thoughts,