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# Put Your Hand in the Hand of God.
- URL: https://www.belonging.house/put-your-hand-in-the-hand-of-god/
- Published: 2026-01-02T11:00:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T23:50:36.000Z
- Description: You are sacred space.
- Author: Christ John Otto
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1784937001272, #Import 2026-07-24 23:50

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThank you for your prayers.  
  
The late Queen Elizabeth,  
at Christmas in 1939  
handed her father a note.  
Britain was about to face the Nazis,   
and they would attempt   
to destroy  
**London.**  
  
On the note were these words,  
written by Minnie Louise Haskins:  
  
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:   
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”   
And he replied:   
“Go out into the darkness   
***and put your hand into the Hand of God.***   
That shall be to you better than light   
and safer than any known way.”  
  
So I went forth,   
and finding the Hand of God,   
trod gladly into the night.   
And He led me towards the hills   
and the breaking of day in the lone East.  
  
As this new year begins,  
don't look back at what was.  
Don't look back at the fuzzy fond memories.  
Don't look back at the "what if's" and the "could be's."  
Your best days are ahead,  
**not behind.**  
  
There is always more grace  
and there are always new ideas  
and things God will call you to do.  
Other wars and battles are ahead  
and we have a crafty enemy.  
Look forward,  
for although  
the dark is getting darker,  
a light is getting brighter.  
  
If you are a Christian,  
**You are sacred space.**  
God chose to dwell in human flesh,  
so that you could be the Incarnation,  
Emmanuel,  
wherever you go.  
The Holy Spirit in you  
has made you a son and an heir  
to the fullness of the Kingdom of God.  
And Saint Paul taught us  
that if we are the habitation  
of the Holy Spirit,  
then we are temples.  
Saint John told us   
there would be no temple in the city,  
because we shall behold God face to face.  
  
You are the temple,  
**and you are the light.**  
And everywhere you go,  
especially if you are an artist or creative person,  
you are called to bring the light and love of heaven  
into a dark and troubled place.  
  
Put your hand  
into the Hand of God,  
it shall be to you better than light   
and safer than any known way.  
  
He Never Fails,  
  
Christ