ONE PAIR OF HANDS

 



“Those hands are so strong,

when life goes wrong,

put your faith in the one pair of hands.”

(From the song ‘One pair of hands’ by Carroll Roberson)

 

Carroll Roberson’s song, ‘One pair of hands’, is one of my favourite songs. Like millions of people do, I, too, listen to it to feel empowered by it…

“Put your faith in the one pair of hands -

which has formed the mountains, the seas, the Sun and the Moon…

which has healed the sick, raised the dead and calmed the raging storms…

Those hands are so strong, when life goes wrong, put your faith in the one pair of hands…”

In other hands, when tough times storm our lives, and we feel overwhelmed by the turmoil, the song urges us to trust the hands of God and say - ‘Thy will be done’.

The raging sea of Life calms down and peace comes to settle… when we trust ‘the one pair of hands’ and say – ‘Thy will be done’.

But, I have experienced one important thing amidst this turmoil: ‘Thy will be done’ brings in peace in my bosoms, only after my own pair of hands has done all possible towards it. Invariably, surrender to God’s pair of hands becomes meaningful – and gets blessed – only after my own struggle ends…

Yes, not before that.





Is the storm raging?

Does the future look bleak?

And, do our own pairs of hands seem weak?

 

It’s time to put our faith in the pair of hands which are so strong!




GERALD D’CUNHA

 

Pic's: pixabay

 

Video: Carroll Roberson

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