Physically I can only keep my hands raised a little while. Spiritually my hands are raised all the time. I am like a little baby bird mouth always (arms always raised) open to be fed by the lord. 

I Lift My Hands

I lift my hands in the morning.

I give You thanks for the new day dawning.

I lift my hands in the mid day.

I give You thanks for all the provisions You have sent my way.

I lift my hands to You at night.

I give You thanks for a hope and a future that's bright.

I lift my hands when times are good.

I give You praise and thanks as I should.

I lift my hands in times of despair.

I cry to you for help. Knowing You are there and You always care.

I lift my hands when I don't know what to do.

Knowing that I can always count on Your counsel to guide me through.

I lift my hands in faith, and trust in You.

I lift my hands lifting up love and praise to my God so faithful and true.

There is no one Lord like You.

No other whom I would lift my hands up to.

 Hands Up

I love old movies and old cornball line like, "All right come come out with your hands up we've got you surrounded. Or we've got you covered." These lines are mostly heard in westerns which I love. May cowboy movies never disappear! Some times I feel like life is saying those same lines to me. Stress says, "Throw up your hands throw in the towel give up I've got you over whelmed so you don't see any way of escape." A big problem comes along and looms over me and I can see no solution it says, "Hold on partner you not going any where. This is the end of the trail. The last round up for you." Confusion, indecisiveness, and other similar things like wise try to feed me the line of, "Throw up your hands. Give up. Your are doomed. About to be destroyed. You will fail."  You know what? Throwing up my hands is a great idea! I will throw up my hands and even fall on my face and I will call out on my God! Because no matter what I am facing He is always with me. He is my strength and my shield my mighty fortress! The things troubling me may not go away and they may even get worse but I will have a peace that passes understanding. Whether I live or die I belong to the Lord and I am and will be with Him for ever. He wont let me go through more than I can bear. And He will wipe away all my tears. Weeping may be for a night or years but joy will come in the morning or when I am with Him in heaven face to face. I may not feel like a winner at the moment but I am! I will not let stress, problems, and other things hold me hostage or prisoner any more. Jesus has set me free and I will be free indeed! The key to my freedom is faith in Him. Faith in His promises. He promised I could be with Him for ever, He would never leave me, would wipe away all my tears, wouldn't give me more than I could bear and He promised me many other things I can cling to in trying times. Like a child when some thing big, bad and scary is around or happening they run to their parents for love, help, protection, reassurance, and comfort; so I will run to my heavenly Father. Throw up my hands! Yes I will with cries for help, with shouts of  praise, thanks, and love, but never in defeat. Because with Him and in Him I  win.

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord. Isaiah 54:17, For all the promises of God in Him are, yes and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 2 Corinthians 1:20, God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19,  The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is my strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1, For in time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high on a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. Psalm 27:5-6.

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