What we do with our hands is pretty much up to us, but there is no doubt what the Lord expects of this great marriage of mind and body. Whether something is in hand or out of hand matters greatly. We can throw up our hands or clap our hands. There's a great difference between going hand-in-hand and being told to keep our hands off. We wave our hands in greeting and shake them in dismissal. We hold our hands over our hearts in patriotic display, fold them in prayer, salute with them, hold them up to stop someone or to motion them to draw closer. We look for a handhold when we start a new project or job. We put our hands on each others' shoulders in support, and extend an open hand to people who need our assistance. We look for hands of friendship, seal our agreements and greet each other with a handshake. When we like what someone has done, we give him a hand of applause. We talk about responsibility being put in our hands. We refer to our hands constantly in our daily speech. 'We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.' (Fifth Article of Faith.)Ī nd much more. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.' (Luke 13:12-13.) 'And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou are loosed from thine infirmity. 'Every member of the church of Christ having children is to bring them unto the elders before the church, who are to lay their hands upon them in the name of Jesus Christ, and bless them in his name.' (D&C 20:70.) 'Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.' (I. 'And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches and he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long.' (Jacob 6:4.) after much tribulation the Lord did hear my cries, and did answer my prayers, and has made me an instrument in his hands. 'Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God?' asked the ancient prophet Mormon. 'But now, O Lord, thou art our father we are the clay, and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand.' (Isaiah 64:8.) But we have to look to our language, and to scriptures, to find out just how important those connections are.Hands make things. But what a world of meaning the hand has, in both our spiritual and daily life.īoth the brain and the soul have claim upon the work of the hand. What they do basically is grasp, touch and hold. Just four fingers and a thumb, with a similar set at the end of the other arm. Looked at objectively, they seem quite unremarkable, really.

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