The Loving Embrace

…. and underneath (are) the everlast­ing arms …. Deut. 33:27b Encircling arms! Arms that clasp underneath! Suggestive of but one picture: the mother and her babe …. That helpless babe! Oh, but for these arms, where would it be? It is so weak, frail, helpless, not even conscious of all the depths of threatening danger. But the arms of mother are underneath and thus around, clasping, owning, protecting, loving . . . . lovingly embracing! And the mother croons her song of love; looks down...