I Want to Hold Your Hand

“The best job in the world is one where you get to hold the hand of Jesus” – Angelo Saludo (AKA Gelo the Explorer)

Last week I spent the week cooped up in a house full of missionaries. It was good.

There’s so much to say about the Mission Volunteer Summer House Training (SHOUT), but I think the Lord’s message to me in the end was very simple, He wants me to hold His hand.

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If you’re an observant person and have ever had the chance to worship in the same room as me, you might notice that during worship my left hand is usually open in the air reaching out and praising the Lord, while my right hand is usually resting firmly on top of my heart. I never really paid attention to the physical posture of my body in worship but last week it became so clear as to why my body chooses to worship in that position.

When I hold Hannah’s hand, I hold her right hand using my left.

During the SHOUT we did a reflection activity where we would write a covenant to the Lord in order to process our discernment in the MV Program. We wrote our covenants on a small piece of paper and we’re asked to stick that paper on a large cross at the front of the room.

I placed my paper where Jesus’ right hand would have been nailed to the cross.

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Praise God for the gift of mission.
Mission leads to God’s perfect plan for the family.

– Jesse R.