To an Indian bazaar where the people flocked to buy and sell came a woman. Her face was sad and grief-stricken. In one of the booths a man was tattooing names and signs on people's arms or chests.
"Write my son's name upon the palms of my hands," said the woman to the artist.
"Why your hands?" he asked. "Why not on your arm?”
"No, no," she replied earnestly. "I want ever to see his name before my eyes. He is dead; but when I see his name upon my hands, I will ever remember him.”
That poor Indian woman reminded me of God's word in Isa. 49:1616Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. (Isaiah 49:16): "I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands." What a peaceful assurance it gives to the children of God—so near, so dear—to have their names engraved upon His hands! The Lord Jesus has marks, nail prints, in the palms of His hands. These are marks of sorrow, too, and tell of His sufferings on Calvary.
"Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
If He be my guide?
In His feet and hands are wound-prints,
And His side.
"If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
Not till earth and not till heaven
Pass away.”