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IN WHOSE HANDS
(23/5/2001)


By Father Pat

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Mark Mcguire's hands is worth $19 million.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A tennis racket is useless in my hands. A tennis racket in Pete Sampras' hands is a Wimbledon Championship.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal. A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.

It depends whose hands it's in.

A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy. A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.

It depends whose hands it's in.

Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.

It depends whose hands it's in.

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse. Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.

It depends whose hands it's in.

As you see now it depends whose hands it's in.

So we can put our concerns, our worries, our fears, our hopes, our dreams, our families, and our relationships in God's hands because --

It depends whose hands they're in.

May God Bless you and those you love, and keep you safe,


Variety and Difference
By H.H Pope Shenouda III

Many people overdo the use of the word 'difference' when it isnot so much a difference which exists, but rather a variety! For example they say, "Different colours", when the coloursare not so much different as varied; and there may be abeauty in their variety. They might say for example, "Different food, different birds, different tastes" and "different sciences", and there may not be adifference between all these things so much as a variety. If we over-use the word 'difference' and its derivatives, wemay well be planting in our minds a particulardiscriminatory attitude, when quite probably the word'variety' and its derivatives would be more suitable!