The Day God Hugged Me

By Laura J. Bagby

After enduring a series of emotionally draining weeks, feeling unloved and in need of reassurance, I cried out to the Lord, "I know that You say that You love me, but I don't KNOW that You love me. God, help me understand that You really do love me." I was desperate to understand this simple concept that kept confounding me.

I knew that God loved me from an intellectual standpoint. I knew that He would think well of me when I did right and would somehow tolerate me when I did wrong. But somehow I couldn't understand the unconditional love that the Bible says defines my Lord and Savior, the kind that doesn't have strings attached, the kind that doesn't depend on good behavior or a perfect report card.

For about a week, I prayed that prayer going to and from work. Then one particular day, I came home feeling very harried. I struggled to get the groceries in from the car and remain pleasant to my neighbor Tiffany and her 4-year-old son Jaelon, who were preparing to leave.

And then it happened.

After several trips to the house, I was finally down to my last few bags of groceries. I was heading for the door, when I heard little Jaelon ask in his gentle voice, "Can I give you a hug?"

I was flabbergasted that a child who didn't even know my name, who had never spent time at my house, who I had passed day after day without saying "hello" wanted to hug ME. Who am I that I deserve a hug?

Despite my initial hesitancy, deep down I was thrilled. I actually couldn't wait to get hugged! So I put my groceries down, walked over to that sweet little boy, knelt down, and received God's wonderful blessing.

It was so simple, and yet such a pure act of love. A hug from a little child -- no pretense, no hidden motives. Just a kid who saw a worried adult struggling and figured a hug would make it all better.

And he was right. I could barely fight back the tears of joy as I contemplated that brief gesture of acceptance. I quickly realized God had just answered my prayer in the most tangible and personal way.

If you need His touch, as I did, ask the Lord to show Himself to you. And then, wait expectantly for His outstretched arms to bring you comfort, safety and provision.

God said, "I'm looking to women again to bring forth and to birth what will change a generation"

The Spirit of God says, "You are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses--the greats of yesterday that stood out amongst men, amongst royalty, and made a difference--they are surrounding you . For there was a sound in each one of their spirits when they faced the giants of their time--that sound exists in this generation of women," says the Lord of Hosts.

"This sound is a sound of tenderness; this sound is a sound of bold gentleness. This sound is a sound that has petrified the powers of hell, for this same sound existed within Esther. The same sound existed within Deborah. The same sound existed in Mary when the Rock came forth, and satan has watched the women of this generation and said 'no more,'" but the Spirit of God says, "they will arise, and when they arise, they will bring forth the Rock, Christ Jesus again!"

In this day, and in this year of acceleration--women suddenly accelerating and touching the untouchable, and reaching the unreachable. God said, "Tell these women, you are the instigators and the initiators of this movement that is about to touch the entire earth."

"It has been some time now," says the Lord, "that I have focused My attention once again on the women to bring forth the Word--the Rock. It has been a while now, that I have looked for a sound to come from a place where women would arise not with temperament, but with character and with virtue.

Freedom Crusades Ministries

Evangelist Jerry McGee

Winston Salem, North Carolina

(336) -785-4482 - Office

fcmmcgee@aol.com

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