GOD IS SMILING ON US

Numbers 6:24-26 May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.

‘How you make others feel says a lot about who you are. Leave them with a hug, a smile and a kind thought.’ I read that the other day and it made me stop and think about how we can affect other people. We can leave them feeling uplifted or pulled down. 

We know God never pulls us down and when we come to Him I believe He welcomes us with a hug, a smile and a kind thought, a blessing, which is a lovely thought. Have you ever stopped to imagine meeting up with God in a cafe for a tea or coffee, and Him greeting you with one of His wraparound hugs, His smile, and sharing with You His kind thoughts about you?  Actually, we can allow God to do that anywhere, anytime. We don’t have to wait for a special appointment or place.😊

All through scripture God has written to us saying how deep His love is for us, telling us how special we are to Him and how He wants us to be with Him in Heaven one day; how He’s looking forward to welcoming us with one of His all encompassing hugs and His smile. What a day that will be for each one of us who belong to Jesus.

I expect you’ve noticed that when we’ve been with someone who makes us feel better in ourselves, feeling uplifted, it’s easy then to pass it on to others. It has a knock on effect, doesn’t it? 

So as we read God’s word we can go and have one of God’s hugs, feel His smile all over us, hear how He’s blessing us and thinking kindly about us, and as our verse says, showing us His favour and giving us His peace, then we can go and pass His love on to whoever we meet.

Leave them with a hug, a smile and a kind thought, knowing it’s been passed from God to you and on to them.😊 God’s love is for us all.

Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.