He's got the whole world in His hands...

While I was trying to go to sleep after our long day down town trying to get my mother-in-law's emergency passport. I suddenly was given this illustration of God's sovereignty. It may have come to me this way because of the number of butterflies around here. It was a picture of a caterpillar in the palm of Christ's hand. I, being the caterpillar, walk around in His hand. I can go wherever I want and do anything but I will always be in His hand. I can reach the edge of one of His digits and stretch my body out to find something else to grab hold of to continue my journey but nothing is there until, out of love, He takes His empty hand and places it in front of me. I grab hold and move forward into a new phase of my life to explore. Totally new to me, but still in God's hand. Today I have the privilege to look back and see God's hand in my life and I have confidence in Him that though I don't know why Ava's purse was stolen “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him”(Romans 8:28).