He Holds Our Hand
Story★★★★A military officer and his wife were aboard a ship that was caught in a raging ocean storm. Seeing the frantic look in his wife’s eyes, the man tried to calm her, but no matter what he said, she continued to be hysterical.
He held the hilt of the sword that he wore at his side. “Are you afraid of this?” Without hesitation she answered, “Of course not!” “Why not?” he asked.
“Because it’s in your hand, and you love me too much to hurt me.” To this he smiled and replied, “I know the One who hold the winds and the waters in the hollow of His hand, and He will surely care for us!” –Fylvia Fowler Kline and Jezaniah Fowler Kline, Adult Teachers Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, April-June 2005, (Office of the Adult Bible Study Guide, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, MD, 2005), 159.
Fylvia Fowler Kline, Adult Teachers Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, 159.
The point
A military officer calms his terrified wife during a ship storm by pointing to his sword hilt—she isn't afraid of it because he holds it and loves her; he assures her that God holds the winds and waters in His hand and will care for them.