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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,

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Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to

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Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening

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Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants

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Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after the short word from

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Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer to remember you

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Speaker 1: are engraved on God's hands. A Prayer to Remember You're

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Speaker 1: engraved on God's hands written by Rachel Wojo, read by

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Speaker 1: Lea Gerard See I have engraved on the palms of

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Speaker 1: my hands. Your walls are continually before me Isaiah forty

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Speaker 1: nine sixteen. There's a difference between being noticed and being

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Speaker 1: truly known. I learned this distinction during years of sitting

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Speaker 1: in the family worship room of our larger church with

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Speaker 1: my special needs daughter. While hundreds of people filled the

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Speaker 1: main sanctuary. We'd settle into that separate space designed for

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Speaker 1: families with young children or those who needed extra accommodations.

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Speaker 1: The physical separation was necessary at times, but it often

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Speaker 1: left me feeling unknown. People would smile politely when they

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Speaker 1: saw us, but there wasn't the deep connection that comes

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Speaker 1: from really being seen and understood. I'd watch other families

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Speaker 1: effortlessly navigate church life. They were sitting together in the

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Speaker 1: main sanctuary, kids enjoying their own classrooms during the sermon,

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Speaker 1: or parents taking notes without constantly interruptions. Meanwhile, I was

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Speaker 1: managing meltdowns, sensory overload, and the unique challenges that came

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Speaker 1: with loving a child whose needs were different. But I

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Speaker 1: discovered something in that family room. While I might have

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Speaker 1: felt unknown by the larger church community, God met us

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Speaker 1: faithfully every single time, through the worship music that filled

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Speaker 1: our separate space, and through his tangible presence. Even amidst

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Speaker 1: the distractions. God showed me that being truly known by

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Speaker 1: Him was infinitely more important than being noticed by people.

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Speaker 1: Isaiah forty nine sixteen reminds me of the preciousness that

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Speaker 1: God doesn't just notice us. He has engraved us on

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Speaker 1: the palms of his hands. The word engraved means to

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Speaker 1: carve or cut deeply, making something permanent that can never

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Speaker 1: be erased. This is casual awareness. This is intimate personal knowledge.

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Speaker 1: When God looks at his hands, he sees you, not

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Speaker 1: just your name, but everything about you, your struggles, your joys,

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Speaker 1: your unique story. As my creator, God is the only

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Speaker 1: one who can feel that God size hole in my heart.

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Speaker 1: The longing to be truly known, to be understood at

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Speaker 1: the deepest level, can only be satisfied by the one

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Speaker 1: who formed me. People might see the surface the challenges.

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Speaker 1: The difference is the way we don't fit the typical mold,

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Speaker 1: but God sees how precious we are to him. The

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Speaker 1: second part of this verse says, your walls are continually

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Speaker 1: before me. Everything that defines you, protects you, and makes

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Speaker 1: you who you are is always in God's say. He's

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Speaker 1: not distracted by anything else. He's not looking away. You

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Speaker 1: have his full attention and his complete understanding. In that

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Speaker 1: family room, surrounded by the beautiful chaos of children with

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Speaker 1: different needs, I learned that being engraved on God's hands

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Speaker 1: means I'm never truly alone and never truly unknown. Neither

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Speaker 1: was my special needs daughter. The creator of the universe

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Speaker 1: knows our names, our hearts, and our stories. That's a

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Speaker 1: kind of knowing that goes deeper than any human connection

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Speaker 1: we could ever reach. Aren't you glad? Let's pray Heavenly Father,

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Speaker 1: thank you for the incredible truth that I am engraved

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Speaker 1: on the palms of your hands. When I feel unknown

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Speaker 1: or misunderstood, by the people around me. Remind me that

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Speaker 1: you see me completely and love me perfectly. You know

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Speaker 1: my name, my story, and my heart better than I

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Speaker 1: know my Help me to remember that the longing to

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Speaker 1: be truly known can only be satisfied by You, my Creator.

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Speaker 1: While people might notice me or overlook me, you have

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Speaker 1: carved my name permanently on your hands. I am never

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Speaker 1: out of your sight, never forgotten, and always precious to you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you that my words isn't determined by how well

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Speaker 1: others understand me, but by how deeply you love me

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Speaker 1: in Jesus name, Amen, Thank you for joining me today.

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Speaker 1: I pray this reminder of how intimately God knows you

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Speaker 1: has brought comfort to any places in your heart where

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Speaker 1: you felt unseen or misunderstood. Remember you are engraved on

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Speaker 1: the palms of His hands. Your soul is permanent, precious,

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Speaker 1: and completely known. If you're looking for more guidance on

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Speaker 1: anchoring your heart in God's faithful promises, especially his promises

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Speaker 1: about how well He knows and loves you, I invite

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Speaker 1: to meditate on the promises that remind you of your

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Speaker 1: incredible words to God and help you experience His intimate

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Speaker 1: love in tangible ways. Until next time, remember, God sees you,

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Speaker 1: hears you, and he knows your needs. Your Daily Prayer

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