There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor. The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. Deuteronomy 33:26-27a NLT

When our grandchildren were small, we used to bring them to church. Often, my wife would be up front with the worship team, which left me (Poppy) alone in the pew with a two-year old and a four-year old. Now the older boy was quite content to sit quietly during the song service, but the younger one wanted to see what was going on, especially since Nana was up on the altar singing with other people. So that meant Poppy had to pick him and hold him so that he could look over the adults’ heads. While rocking him back and forth in time to the music was kind of cute for the first song, by the second number that little tyke felt like he weighed a hundred pounds! What a blessing it was when one of the ladies sitting nearby would offer to hold onto him for a while! Whenever I sing this little chorus about God’s everlasting arms, I think back to those times. God offers to pick us up, to carry us and to hold us close. He never gets tired or hopes to pawn us off on somebody else. God has promised, that if we trust in Him, then He will carry us keep us forever in His arms!