Inscribed in the Palm of His Hand
Posted By Jacque on March 19, 2010
Friends have been asking me for days if things are ok here, and as much as I want to send out a resounding YES!! well, I can’t. Things are not all right. My heart is in a million pieces as are all of ours. While I cannot share the details of what our family is experiencing right now, I will tell you that with how things have been handled, things are not ok. They are not in order, so that has added confusion and hurt feelings and lack of discernment and understanding in the situations we are facing. I just want to ask you to pray for us all. It’s not that I don’t want to share all the gory details[READ: bare my soul - share MY issues], though I hope I never have to, I just love my children, and I am praying we can all come to Yah in all of this and be right where he has for us at this time in our lives. At this time, we are not in agreement on it, and we all have a lot of growing, loving, praying and repenting – forming to his will – to do. Each of us do.
Please know how terribly much we appreciate all the love and prayer covering here in our home. We are so blessed by the friends who are not talking or advising, but just praying and directing us to Him. Thank you. This is our goal, to be closer to Him. When I fall, as I do very often, and daily, sometimes minute-ly, my goal is always to seek him and his ways and to walk in them as best as I am able. I am learning so many things. I am learning so many things I don’t want to learn. Being broken hurts. It hurts worse than a physical breaking. – But sometimes we must be broken to hear and see HIS way. To see our sins and to repent. Thanks for your prayers friends. Yah is working, and I am thankful.
We can all rest assured that the learning and the breaking never stops when you follow Yah. He commands us to be perfect and set apart for him – to keep striving to be – and we will never get to be without all the breaking and carving up our sinfulness. Oh, does it hurt though!
We know we really have to go through this. This is what is necessary for us at this time in our lives. We may not like it, we may lash out, but he is our refuge and our hope, and without him and his Torah to lead us and make clear the narrow path, we are lost in our own ways.
Passover is soon going to be here. We are preparing as best we can with all of this and our moving. Our friends from Consider His Ways came down and shared a beautiful Spring day with us on Tuesday. They have sent their devotional on Passover-Pesach, and I can’t wait to read it all together so we can begin to prepare our hearts for this time. I find it amazing how our lives, at this time, are lining up with Israel in Egypt and their exodus as well as the Messiah’s time as he prepared to go and have his life broken for us on the cross. This is truly a time Yah has set for our family – all of us – and I know he is working it into each of our lives for his glory and plans.
The garage sales have gone ok. We are looking at taking all the rest to a place and just donate it all. I have the name of a home school consignment shop to call tomorrow, and we are hoping we will be able to do that with a few things.
They took the swingset today. Enough said.
Our children are handling things remarkably well with all we are selling. Even better than Mom is, I think. Whoever said that children are resilient is right. Most things, they are resilient to and will learn to live around, survive on and go on to trust us as their parents and learn to trust in Yah. I am thankful for that, as this is the hardest thing we have ever been called to do.
Samuel is getting so big! He is reaching out for things and loves to sit in the little exersaucer. Such a big little guy! 
All smiley, looking up and around… it is so fun and so joyful to watch him and love on him, but so sad too, at this moment.
Would a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Though they forget, I never forget you. “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are always before Me. Yeshayahu (Isaiah)49:15-16
Thankful for all of the blessings in my life. You know, we are called to be joyful, even when our hearts are breaking. I have learned more and more through the years what this means. We are his people. He does have us in the palm of his hand. I was left a note and the above graphic on my YahSpace Wall a few weeks ago, not knowing how desperately I would need to cling to it just now today.
I just want to tell each of my daughters the same thing: He has you inscribed on the palm of his hand. And you are all inscribed in the depths of my heart.
Shalom my friends. May his peace – the peace that calms our hearts in the storm and keeps us in him even when it looks like he is not in control or not even hearing us- may that peace be in your hearts and homes forever.
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Dear Jacque, I perceive you have one of the biggest hearts around. Your response to Yah and to your children with unfailing love is quite remarkable. I have been taught that the best thing ,the very best thing, a mother can do for her children is to love their father. Isn’t that a bombshell! The very authority of Yah, the Almighty is VESTED in the husband as the head of the household. One flesh can have only one head (the two shall be one). A two-headed one flesh would look like a monster. I exhort you to submit to your husband’s leadership(even if your judgment may be better or it doesn’t seem feasible.etc.) No matter ,submit anyhow. If he fails,as I’m sure everyone does,Yah will help him. And no matter the extent of the failure, you will ALL be within the realm of grace and love. Outside of Yah’s authority (remember,vested in the husband,the head) is the realm of Satan. Be sure you stay within your husband’s authority. Trust and obey ,for their’s no other way. You are too precious to go any other way. I am praying for Yah’s best for you and your family.
March 19th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Sandra,
Thank you. You are absolutely correct. This is something I am still learning, but I am thankful he has put into my heart.
I do wish I could show my unfailing love at all times, because that is what is in me for my children.
The Scripture that just came to mind is that the heart is deceitful and wicked; who can know it?
I am still praying I can reach beyond my heart to follow him.
March 19th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Wonderful Jacque ! 1. Now I know all will be well with you/ family. 2. We are all learning to be good forgivers. Confess(acknowledge), apologize(repent), forgive—over and over; clean slate each time. Whew! 3. But still an enlarged heart is an enlarged heart. Enough love for everyone. Wow! 4. Surely you can —-and do. How about Gal.2:20 “I am crucified with Messiah. . . . . .” This is a truth that must be affirmed (at least for me ) over and over. Thank you for allowing me to comment. Love endures all things. Blessing and honour to you. (I,m sorry, I tried to get this in line form but didn’t know how)
Dear Jacque,
Know that you and your amazing family are in my prayers.
If Yah is with you, who can be against you (even amongst yourselves)?
Your faith and devotion will be honored…
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Jacque,
I know that we have known each other for a short time via computer….all I am going say is this, broken hurts yes, you are inscribed on His palm, YES…..and I will pray for you and your family….YES.
Blessings my dear sister,
Blessings and Peace.
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