Grandpa's Hands!!!!

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  • Astraltraveller
    General

    • Jul 2006
    • 4006

    Grandpa's Hands!!!!

    This is good; I'll never look at my hands the same!

    Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He
    didn't move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I
    sat down beside him he didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I
    sat I wondered if he was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb
    him
    but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was OK.


    He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, thank
    you for asking," he said in a clear strong voice.

    "I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandpa, but you were just sitting here
    staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK," I
    explained to him.

    "Have you ever looked at your hands," he asked. "I mean really looked
    at
    your hands?"

    I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over,
    palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at
    my hands as I tried to figure out the point he was making. Grand pa
    smiled and related this story:

    "Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have
    served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled,
    shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to
    reach
    out and grab and embrace life.

    They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back.

    As a child my Mother taught me to fold them in prayer.

    They tied my ***** and pulled on my boots.

    They have been dirty, s****ed and raw, swollen and bent.

    They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son.

    Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was
    married
    and loved someone special.

    They trembled and shook when I buried my Parents and Spouse and walked
    my Daughter down the aisle.

    They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the
    rest of my body.

    They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw.

    And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well
    these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in
    prayer.

    These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of my
    life.

    But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out
    and
    take when he leads me home.

    And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use
    these
    hands to touch the face of Christ."

    I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God
    reached
    out and took my Grandpa's hands and led him home.

    When my hands are hurt or sore I think of Grandpa. I know he has been
    stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God. I, too, want to
    touch
    the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.

    Manny(THE ALIEN LEADER)
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  • beegud2
    Major General

    • Apr 2006
    • 2156

    #2
    Re: Grandpa's Hands!!!!

    That is a wonderful story and really makes you think.. Thank you for sharing.
    Beezz
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    • kassi59
      Major General

      • Nov 2005
      • 2771

      #3
      Re: Grandpa's Hands!!!!

      Thats a wonderful story!

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      • Astraltraveller
        General

        • Jul 2006
        • 4006

        #4
        Re: Grandpa's Hands!!!!

        Glad you ladies enjoyed it this was told to me by a good friend, I thought I would share it you girls and guys......

        Manny(THE ALIEN LEADER)
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