Engraved on His Hands

Zion felt abandoned, and she said so aloud: the Lord has forgotten me. God's answer is one of the most tender in the prophets. Could a nursing mother forget the child at her breast? Even if she could, he says, I will not forget you. Then he adds an image that still startles: your name is engraved on the palms of his hands. This is not a distant deity keeping records; it is a Father who has written you into his own body. For Christians, those hands later bear the marks of the cross, which gives the picture deeper meaning. Feelings of being forgotten are real, but they are not the final word. Today, when a lonely or forgotten feeling arrives, answer it with this truth. Reach out to one person too, because God often shows his remembering through people.