Mama Always ~ L.A. Brown, Author

I Want to Hold your Hand, was a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, recorded by The Beatles in 1963 at EMI Studios in London for the Parlophone label (1). The song speaks of a young man asking a young woman to let him hold her hand. Sorry, that's all I'm giving on this, but the link for the Wiki article is at the bottom. 😁 The reason I started this way is this. A few weeks back, our Pastor talked about holding God's hand, and it has been on my mind off and on since, but, it had a bit of a twist to it. God wants to hold your hand . Okay, you ask, what exactly are you trying to get at? Glad you asked. When you hold someone's hand, you have control in a way. Think about a child. Do they hold your hand, or do you hold theirs when you are walking? You hold theirs. What's the difference? When they hold your  hand, they can let go and take off to their next adventure. When you hold their hand , you have control of the situation. You protect them...

 In Luke 8:4-8, Jesus talks about the Sower and the Seed. Notice that both words are capitalized. No, they aren't in the Bible, but maybe they should be. You see, both the Sower and the Seed are persons; the Sower is the one who proclaims the Gospel, the Seeds are the ones who receive the Word. There are four locations and results regarding the Seeds. Some fell on the wayside where the birds ate the seeds. They are stepped on and ground into the ground, they are the ones who Satan blinds so that they may not be saved. Some fell among rocks. They grew but eventually withered. Those are the ones who have received the Word of God, and rejoiced, but when the going got tough, they got going. They had no root, nothing that held them fast in the ground, and as a result, the shiny things got their attention, and they left the joy they received behind, fully believing that this was a better deal. Some fell among thorns, which grew up around them and choked them out. They are the ones who ar...