Open Palm

What a day! I felt it today. The Father's Hands guiding me. You know when one of your children, especially the smaller ones, fall back away from your reach. You are walking ahead as to keep them moving, but you don't want to stop becuase you know if a wee child stops it takes time to get them to go again? You reach back with your outstretched had and you wiggle your fingers and entice them with your open palm and a twinkle in your eye. Most time I find myself doing a little hurry up dance. The children usually do pick up the pace with a silly little grin at parent the playmate. In that moment joy is shared.
Today it was this dance with me and my Great Father. We shared out of pantry, we shared out of our home, and we shared out of our hearts. All the while He was leading me with his loving kindness, his outstretched hand. I keep going over and over in my mind how it is His kindness that leads us to repentance (Romans 4:2) Oh, what a safe place it is to live in the Father's leading. To grow and breath and learn in the shelter of His Love. Like a child who follows along the path of a parent who desires their best. He has prepared many good works that we may walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)
We pour out so that He can pour in. (Isaiah 58:6-11) I learned to trust more Him today. Giving a bit more. Allowing the All-Knowing, All-Seeing to lead me to go beyond myself. To take a few more steps ahead that I would not have taken otherwise To allow those tender, nail scared hands to draw me ahead. To receive a blessing I never would have know. He is Love, He is Grace, and I become Thankfulness.