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++++++ (Continuation of
Hands)
As legend tells it, many years ago in a
certain church, on a very particular day, all the people were asked to bring
great gifts to lay upon the altar. All
had been told that the greatest gift would cause a miracle. That at that moment
a heavenly choir would burst forth with song.
And so they came, bringing boxes of gold, silver, jewels, and
spices. All kind of wealth. A long line of hope and yet nothing
happened. Silence. Unrelenting silence.
Then, slowly there came walking down the
aisle a peasant girl. Her tattered
clothes hung loose. Her pale fingers
almost luminescent as she moved toward the towering piles of magnificent
offerings. Kneeling, she reached forward
and put down…. her hands. . . and left them there. For a long time she moved them not, offering
them to God.
They were all she had, and she gave them. Then softly, at first no louder than a
whisper, came the sound of a celestial chorus, building to a crescendo. The very walls reverberated with angel voices
of acclamation. For yes, her gift was
the greatest, the most wondrous; the gift of self.
Someone once wrote, “God takes a hand
wherever He can find it. Here, the hand
of a mother to guide her child; there, the hand of a neighbor to be a
friend. The hands of those who
believe.”
Why such emphasis on service? Because service is the rent we pay for the
space we occupy.
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