Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

Today's reading I entitled God's Right Hand.

I'm Elisa Morgan.

I helped my elderly dog, Wilson, out to the grass, and in the process, I released the leash of our younger dog,

Coach, for just a minute. As I bent to pick up Coach's lead, he spied a bunny. Off he went,

ripping the leash from my right hand and corkscrewing my ring finger in the process. I fell to

the ground and cried out in pain. After returning from

urgent care and learning I would need surgery, I beg God for help. I'm a writer. How will I type?

What about my daily duties? As God sometimes does, he spoke to me from my daily Bible reading,

for I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear,

I will help you. I scanned the context, which indicated that God's people in Judah,

to whom Isaiah was communicating his message,

enjoyed a special relationship with him. He promised his presence, strength, and help

through his own righteous standing, symbolized by his right hand. Elsewhere in scripture,

God's right hand is used to secure victories for his people. During my weeks of recovery,

I experienced encouragement from God as I learned to dictate on my computer and trained my left

hand in household and grooming functions. From God's righteous right hand to our broken and needy right

hands, God promises to be with us and to help us.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Isaiah chapter 41, verses 8

through 13. But you Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen,

you descendants of Abraham, my friend, I took you from the ends of the earth, from its

farthest corners I called you. I said, you are my servant. I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear,

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