Have you ever had a day that just goes astray and it seems that nobody is around to get you back on track? I think we all have a day like this occasionally and maybe often more than likely. I was sitting down during my quiet time this morning and couldn’t help but to think that God didn’t intend for us to go a day feeling blue or in distress. You know if you could take some time and free yourself from the chaos of the world around you and just seek a quiet place and hear the sounds of peace. You might find yourself there more often. When days seem to just go the wrong way something so peaceful and simple could inevitably make the day better. Last week end I took my family to the Fusion warehouse to volunteer watching over the youth who crowded in the place. You have to picture this place as an indoor inner city full of kids of all sorts of ethnic backgrounds and culture. It is so diverse and everyone is all under one roof. You can imagine the chaos with over 400 teens in this one place talking, looking for attention and chasing after one another. It all seems so hectic. You really have to have some patience here. This can resemble our lives quiet often. But the think amongst all this chaos was a single girl standing on the side of the indoor street holding a sign that reads “Free Hugs”. I was overcome by emotion. Just an average person with an incredible vision. I thought to myself as I saw strangers go and receive a free hug, with no strings attached, “some of these people may have gotten their only hug in life from a stranger. But it brought peace to their day.
You know we have someone who is always near to us with open arms to make your day a brighter day. Jesus who is a stranger to some and a refuge to others is always there to give us a hug and there is no strings attached. Just an incredible God with a vision to impact the world. Can you reach out to him and ask “Can I get a Hug?”
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You heard my testimony at fields of faith, which was the abridged version, but still I can relate to this perfectly. There were so many times that I would want that "Jesus Hug" and it would keep me stable. Even when those influences caused thoughts to run through my head that scared me nearly to death, Jesus was always there to give me a hug and keep me from falling. So in the past two years, I've made it a big goal of mine to watch out for anyone that isn't smiling. That's right. Anyone that doesn't have a smile on their face. It bugs me so much!!! And so I'm getting to the point that I make a complete fool of myself to make people at least smile, if not die of laughter. But not completely ;)
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