His Hands

His hands
tools of creation
stronger than nations
power without end
and yet through them we find our truest friend
his hands
sermons of kindness
healing men's blindness
halting years of pain
children waiting to be held again

his hands would serve his whole life though
showing man what hands might dogiving, ever giving, endlessly
each day was filled with selflessness
and I'll not rest until i make up my hands what they could be
'til these hands become like those from Galilee

his hands
lifting a leper
warming a beggarcalling back the dead
breaking bread, five thousand fed
his hands
hushing contention
pointing to heaven
ever free of sinthen bidding man to follow him

his hands would serve his whole life though
showing man what hands might do
giving, ever giving, endlessly
each day was filled with selflessness
and I'll not rest until i make up my hands what they could be
'til these hands become like those from Galilee

his hands
clasped in agony
as he he lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
while just moments away
other hands betray him
out of greed, shameful greedand then his hands
are trembling
straining to carry the beam that they've been led to
as he stumbles through the streets
heading towards the hill on which he died
he would die
they take his hands, his mighty hands, those gentle hands
and then they pierce them, they pierce them
he lets them, because of love
from birth to death was selflessness
and clearly now i see him with his hands
calling to me
and though I'm not yet as i would be
he has shown me how i could be
i will make my hands like those from Galilee

Have you ever stopped to look at your hands and concentrate on what they look like and what they can do? Hands are an amazing thing! We can do so much with our hands! they can become bruised or callused or dry or just to the point where they become so worn out from our everyday lives. Jesus Christ used his hands and wore them out by serving and healing those around him. Doing good for those around him. He loved everyone so he served everyday. So lets follow his example and have hands of Galilee. Lets use our hands for the good things in life. "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your god"