I had a random thought today sitting in the back of the prayer room.. I was staring at the huge art table we have in the back that artisans paint on and there are quite a few handprints on it. Ya know, when you stick your hand in paint then press it down against the surface? Well, I was looking at the handprints and noticed that on all of them there is a hole in the palm where when you press your hand down there is that part that doesn’t touch all the way down. It instantly reminded me of the nail pierced holes in the hands of Jesus… I started thinking… do you think that is pure coincidence or did the Lord create our hands like that because He knew that someday people would stick their hands in paint and press it against a surface and that would serve as a reminder that we are crucified with Christ? It sounds strange, I know… but it was just a thought…
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Good thought…I miss you alot alot Auntie;)
Ahhh! I miss you too, my favorite niece! (Don’t tell the other ones I said that!)
I love you!!!
Jen–
I found this from Jared Diehl’s Blog.
Nice thought. I’m thinking of Hebrews 10, where Christ insists that a body was prepared for him to come and execute the father’s will: dying on the cross. So my thought is that Christ the skilled artist/storyteller that He is, knowing he would one day “put on” flesh and slip his being into fleshy gloves, foreshadowed the nail holes in hand prints everywhere.
Because a body was prepared for him, then bodies were designed for him, with his great atoning work in mind. Its a happy thought.
oh dear jen. this is an interesting thought. happy easter.