A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter: "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."
The little girl said: "No, Dad. You hold my hand." "What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father. "There's a big difference," replied the little girl. "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."
I found this story on a website about trusting someone in a relationship. What the website missed is that this is a wonderful picture of our relationship with God. When we are leaning on our own strength to "hold onto" God, things in this world will tempt us away or make us doubt Him. We will let go of Him! However, if we forsake our own strength and trust completely in His and in the fact that He will hold onto us, He will never let us go! We will always be secure, knowing that God is always holding us secure!
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand." (John 10:27-29)
I love this!
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