Palming

PALMING
 
This life lesson is for those single moms who have had to raise teenagers on your own.  Currently my gray hairs are covered by hair dye, but I am convinced that most of them were earned during my daughter’s teenage years and beyond.  There were the nights that her curfew was forgotten, and there was no cell phone service on the mountain.  Or the time when she rolled the GMC over the side of the mountain because the mailman was on his cell phone in the middle of the road as she went around the curve.  How about the time she took off by herself to drive to the coast to see a friend about 6 hours from our home?  She did call me when she got there but ended up having no place to stay and had to sleep in her car.   Many nights I paced the floors praying or fell prostrate on the floor “eating carpet” before the Lord asking for His grace and mercy angels to protect her and bring her home safely. 

In the middle of one of those prayers, I remember the Lord giving me a vision.  I saw the biggest hand I had ever seen, palm up.  In the middle of the hand was my daughter.  She was quite small in comparison to the hand.  She was running around in the hand and she even came close to the edge of it once or twice.  Each time she would get too close to the edge, I saw the hand begin to close to keep her safe.  I heard the Lord say, I’ve got her, and I have her name written on the palm of my hand.  I will never leave her or forsake her.  She may go to the edge in her life adventures, but I will always keep her safe in my palm.
 
My prayer for you is found in Isaiah 41:10 (NLT)
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my Victorious Right Hand!

​Taste and see that the Lord is good!