HUGS FROM GOD

Good morning on this Saturday morning!

Hopefully you had a great day and night yesterday. God is good all the time and all the time God is good. He is not just good, He is awesome, miraculous, majestic, almighty, great, and so much more than we can imagine. He is so good to us. I have talked before about how He blesses us. The song "Count Your Blessings" is a great song. But then I try to think about the words when I sing and I really like hymns. Contemporary songs are wonderful. I love them but I also love the hymns.

How Great Thou Art, He Lives, Because He Lives, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. Oh, I could go on and on. 

Have you ever thought much about a hug? A great hymn is like a hug. When you sing it, it makes you feel good like you are wrapped in God's love. When you haven't had a hug in a while do you miss it? When you hug, is it because you really care about that person? There are some days when we are so busy that my husband and I don't hug much but then when we do, it changes things. I notice I really missed it. 

At church, when you greet people with a hug, does it feel good? There may be one person there who hasn't been hugged in a long time. Or someone who is feeling down and out and really could use a hug. Our church is a hugging church and I really like that. I couldn't be in a church that didn't hug because sometimes we really need one, and really need to know that people care. A church without hugs seems like it would be kind of stuffy. You know what I mean!

The American Heritage Dictionary says a hug is: "To clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace. To hold steadfastly to; cherish." Who doesn't want to feel cherished, like someone really cares. 

...so we cared for you. Because we loved you so 
much, we were delighted to share with you not 
only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
1 Thessalonians 2:8 
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from 
God, and whoever loves has been born of God 
and knows God.  Anyone who does not love 
does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8

So, hugs are important. God can't come down here and hug us when we need one so He gives us other people to do His work. So, when you hug someone, you are doing it for God to show His love. How cool is that? 
Let's hug each other in Christian love and show people how much we care.

Have a blessed day!
xxxxoooo
Les (lesbear)





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