love this picture ...

Have one of these?  I had a "sad dog" piggybank growing up ... yep, seriously.  I think someone must have gotten it from the humane society or something ... becuase it was a bank that looked like a long eared hound with a tear running down its cheek.  Seemed like such a "normal" bank back in the day ... I even named it "sad dog" (I was an original kid).  But I am thinking now, who gets a kid a crying dog bank??  Need to ask Mom about that one!

But today, I loved the beautiful illustration PS used of the piggy bank.  It's simple.  What do you do when you want the money out of it??  You shake it until something of value comes out (or so something of value will come out!)  AHhhhhhhh ... feeling like that much?  To think that God might allow our lives to be shaken to bring out our value?  Makes the shaking seem a BIT less miserable!

My BCM girls turned me on to JJ Heller.  She's fabulous and her lyrics are good for the heart ... these are the words to "Your Hands"

I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn't there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away
That You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crookedly lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

Your hands
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave You when...

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave...
I never leave Your hands