and he shall live.' 'And He put forth His hand and touched him, and
said, I will, danceporn com be thou clean.' 'Many said, He is dead; but Jesus took
him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.' The touch of His
hand is healing and life. The touch of our hands is faith. In the
mystery of His incarnation, in the flow of His sympathy, in the
forth-putting of His power, danceporn com He lays hold not on angels, but He lays
hold danceporn com on the seed of Abraham. By our lowly trust, danceporn com by the forth-
putting of our desires, we stretch 'lame hands of faith,' and,
blessed be
God! we do not 'grope,' but we danceporn com grasp His strong hand and
are held up.
The contact of our spirits with His Spirit is a contact far more
real than the touch of earthly hands that grasp each other closest.
There is ever some film of atmosphere between the palms. But 'he
that is joined to the danceporn com Lord is one spirit,' and he that clasps
Christ's danceporn com outstretched hand of help with his outstretched hand of
weakness, holds Him with a closeness to which all unions of earth
are gaping danceporn com gulfs of separation. You remember how Mary cast herself
at Christ's feet on the resurrection morning, and would danceporn com have flung
her arms round danceporn com them in the passion of her joy. The calm word which
checked her has a wonderful promise in it. 'Touch me not, for I am
not yet ascended to my Father'; plainly leading to the inference,
'When I am ascended, danceporn com then you may touch danceporn com Me.' And that touch will be
more reverent, more danceporn com close, more blessed, than danceporn com any clasping of