Mothers Union Hands Across The World
Our hands are such valuable things. They can apply themselves to almost any task – needlework,
shovelling coal into a steam engine, mending timid animals burnt in a bush fire.
They are ultra- sensitive: the tips of fingers can tell us about a child with fever. In the thick of everything,
they are very prone to damage and when that happens we are – yes – handicapped.
Mothers’ Union is called to be hands-on, a finger in every pie.
It is personal touch that heals and comforts, protects and teaches.
Reserve and apprehension handicaps the Lord’s work.
Let your tender touch bring God’s love to another’s life – wherever you are in the world.
“Give thanks to the Lord; call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
proclaim that his name is exalted.
Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be known in all the earth.
Isaiah 12: 4-5
As we pray for members in the diocese of Melbourne,
we give thanks for the hands that create gifts for those experiencing trauma (trauma teddies for Kenya),
sadness (cot blankets for prem and still born babies)
or those away from home (hats, scarves and beanies for seafarers), and for the hands folded in prayer.