Touch

Heartbeat: Touch

Sticky Statement:

Me – new acquisition…family…baby/doing well…/enjoying life etc… interesting…hands/tiny little hands and feet/hands are amazing…/

We – story of your hands…/produce…life story…video documentaries…start at beginning…baby/tiny…hands…the…1st scene…be of …little fist…/clenched…next scene…grasping mom’s fingers/ then…see you holding onto chair…learn to walk…taking first steps… then...touch of affection…parents cheeks/stroking…moms…dads face/stroking a puppy/the next scene…one of you acting aggressively…pushing/shoving…brother or sister…wrestling….a toy from their hands/notice…all learned early…hands suited for survival…emotional expressions…hands can hurt, help, extend or clench can lift someone up/put them down/

Documentary continues…we see…proud moments of giving gifts…placing of a ring…doctoring a wound…preparing a meal or folding in prayer…all proud moments…good moments/other side of coin…accusing finger, abusive fists, hands taking…more than giving…demanding…offering…wounding than loving/

Hands…incredible power…in hands…leave them unmanaged….they become weapons; clawing for power…strangling for survival….seducing for pleasure/ Manage them well and they become instruments of grace…not just tools …hands of God…but God’s very hands when surrendered fully.

God – Jesus completely surrendered…hands/watching a documentary on his hands…would not see hands of greed or finger pointing…but hand of compassion. Matt 8:1-4/

Convey story: no one touched me…5 years/describe…saw me, spoke me…sensed love…eyes….concern in eyes/but could not feel a touch…not once…What I longed for…you take for granted/

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