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
(Chorus) His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing men what hands might do
Giving, ever giving endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness
And I'll not rest
Till I make of my hands what they could be
Till these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands lifting a leper, warming a beggar
Calling back the dead
Breaking bread, five thousand fed
His hands, hushing contention
Pointing to heaven
Ever free of sin
Then bidding man to follow Him
(Chorus)
His hands clasp in agony
As He lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
While just moments away
Other hands betray Him out of greed
Shameful greed
And then His hands are trembling
Straining to carry
The beam that they'd be nailed to
As he stumbles through the streets
Heading for the hill on which He'd die
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
My Reflections:
I often reflect on My Saviour's love for me and the whole world (while we're talking about it). However, until last Sunday, I had failed to consider His Hands and the powerful example they hold. As the Mystical Body of Christ, we are often referred to as Christ's Hands - performing Corporal Works of Mercy every day towards our fellow man!
His hands clasp in agonyAs He lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
While just moments away
Other hands betray Him out of greed
These powerful contrast in these few lines would have knocked me off my feet if I had not already been sitting down! How true! Christ spent His entire life doing good to everyone around Him - be they one of His disciples or a known "enemy." Christ traveled to Bethany to raise Lazarus from the dead. Christ used His hands to bless and multiply the loaves and the fishes to the huge crowds that came to hearken unto His words. His hands loved the little children that came unto Him. Sometimes I wish that I could have lived in that time and could have witnessed His life in person. I often wonder what side I would have been on - would I have been one of the weeping women along the way to Calvary, or would I have been one of those insisting on His death! I should like to believe I would have been at the very least a Martha preparing supper for Him. The message of this song is a strong reminder that we should take on the Example of His Hands. Our ACTIONS speak louder than our WORDS. What we do with our HANDS emphasizes what we feel in the depths of our SOULS! Our Hands are the visible proof of our heeding the reminder of President Uchtdorf: "As disciples of Jesus Christ, our Master, we are called to support and heal rather than condemn."
Count your blessings and use your hands to extend a few!
