Jill Wolf wrote the following poem concerning, “Why God Made Hugs”. 

 

“Everyone was meant to share; God’s all-abiding love and care;

He saw that we would need to know; a way to let these feelings show.

So God made hugs - a special sign, and a symbol of His love divine,

A circle of our open arms; to hold in love and keep out harm.

One simple hug can do its part; to warm and cheer another’s heart

A hug’s a bit of heaven above; That signifies His perfect love.”

 

   The word “Hugging” is not mentioned in the Bible, but various forms of compassion are.  When one is talking about showing a compassionate embrace, or a fond embrace - we all understand that the shortcut ”hug” is an acceptable word.  When we talk about “touching” we are talking about caressing, and patting a person. 

 

            Rom 16:16 “Salute one another with a holy kiss.”  In those early times the kiss, as a token of peace, friendship, and brotherly love, was frequent among all people; and the Christians used it in their public assemblies, as well as in their occasional meetings. This is very similar to our present day handshake.  Some congregations are labeled as being very cold and not have any hand shakers or huggers in their midst.  Every congregation would probably do well to improve on their greeting spirit.

 

   Plainly, don’t get short changed.  Be ready to meet our Maker.  The Bible teaches that to avoid hell and gain heaven - one must:

 

 1) Believe In Jesus As Savior (Acts 16:31)  2) Repent Of Sins  (Acts 17:30)   3) Confess Christ Audibly (Acts 8:37)   4) Be Baptized In   Water (Acts 2:38)  
 5) Live A  Christian Life (Acts 14:22)  6) Stay Active in the Church (Acts 2:47)

 

 

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