Introduction

We are protected in God’s hands

Protection from our enemies

Inseparable from His hands

We are made beautiful in God’s hands

Beauty in Creation

Made beautiful by the potter

Being moldable clay

  • Stay pliable so God can form you to His purpose.
  • Psalm 51:1-12 – David did not try to hide his sin from God. He asked forgiveness and put his life in God’s hands.
  • I Peter 5:6

We are taken care of in God’s hands

The hand that provides

Faith in God’s provisions

One night I dreamed I was walking

along the beach with the Lord.

Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,

other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed that

during the low periods of my life, when I was

suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat,

I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Lord,”You promised me

Lord, that if I followed you,

you would walk with me always.

But I have noticed that during the most trying periods

of my life there have only been

one set of footprints in the sand.

Why, when I needed you most,

you have not been there for me?”

The Lord replied,

“The times when you have

seen only one set of footprints,

is when I carried you.”