Instrumental Meditation

Words Of Preparation: What is that in your hand? Perhaps your hand is holding nothing just now. For the sake of focusing on our theme, please open your hands, palm upward, and look at them. Each hand is distinctive in its markings, even to the individualization of each fingerprint, which may be copied and recorded for identity purposes. The hand is wonderfully made. No other moving part of the body has so many multiple capabilities or essential functions, such as greeting, holding, touching, and writing.

Hymn: "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"

Scripture: Exodus 4:1-5 (NRSV) Then Moses answered, "But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, 'The Lord did not appear to you.' " The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff." And…