Often it is a little look, a quiet gesture, a soft touch that communicates so much.  I wanted to highlight these two articles in the hope that you might stop today, take a loved ones's hand in yours, and dwell on the beauty and love that simple gesture conveys to another.

R.C. Sproul Jr., now a widower, offers wisdom in Husbands, Hold Your Wife's Hand.  After his wife passed away two years ago, he tweeted "I wish I had held her hand more."  Don't have the same regret.

We also need to hold our children's hands.  Melissa Edgington writes her thoughts about doing so in a touching post fitly titled So Many Stories in a Mama's Hands.

After you read these posts, you might then think about how many times the gospels tell us Jesus touched others with his hands.  Blessing babies.  Touching a leper.  Raising a child.  Healing a bent woman.  Those he loved he touched.