In His Likeness w/ AntTBri

At least twice a day, JJ looks up and says “Auntie Sabrina can we snuggle cuddle”. I reach down and pick her up and hug and kiss her until she starts laughing and  screaming “too, too,too too much love Auntie…your are so funny and crazy”.  Right when, I’m about to put her down…she says “no, no I need more love, just one more kiss and hug for your best girl”.

What an education children afford us, how my heart longs for the give and take of intimate worship on a more consistent manner . You know the spontaneity of heart to heart exchange that starts out one way but becomes so much more in the moment. There is a certainty that occurs when we grow comfortable within His grasp, a knowing an assurance of His love that happens minus our rehearsals, routines, rules and regulations.  We actually learn to expect an on pour of hugs and kisses….to be overwhelmed by His expression of love but remain desirous of  more no matter how he chooses to display it.

Grown up worship becomes too regimented to promote intimate exchanges. It doesn’t afford us discovery rather teaches us conformity.  God’s love is fluid, free flowing and fascinating.  How stale, stoic and serious we’ve become in our displays of worship.  It’s no wonder our children go to church but don’t know what it is to be touched by God personally . When do they learn to ask for and enjoy their time with God? Are we to busy , too grown up for just because love breaks? Have We forgotten to display our eagerness to climb upon the breasted one and be lavishly loved by the One who is just as desirous for us? When’s the last time you snuggled cuddled just for the enjoyment and laughter of the moment with Him?

It’s so easy to appreciate the loving nature of children, to applaud their effort to get our attention and match their energy and enthusiasm in these seemingly no big deal learning opportunities. JJ also tells everyone who will listen “she’s Auntie’s  and Jesus’s  best girl and she loves them so so very much”. You see she’s learning that relationships grow closer the more we spend quality time together.  We learn with and from eachother what to do and what not to do.  If JJ wants a hug and kiss she needs only to ask, if auntie needs to remember to keep life and love light but meaningful she needs only to consider what keeps the little people happy and thriving…time and one on one attention.

May two times a day become the minimum of your  request and need to be in His presence. And may you and I enjoy our intimate exchanges so much so that those growing up with us know what it is to be kissed and hugged by God whenever they ask us. It’s snuggle cuddle time~AntTBri