THE ‘NO REASON HUGS’

My baby is 9 months now. Wow, does time fly !!! She makes every day beautiful with her smile and laughter and giggles and squeals. Oh and she talks so much. There was a time I would tell her stories, read her stories… but now, when I take out a story book, before I can start, she starts off… turning the pages, pulling at the book and at the same time saying so much… I really wish I could understand all that she says. She sounds so wonderful and definitely what she says must be wonderful too. She’s such an amazing gift from God… such an amazing amazing gift from God.

She sometimes gives her own version of hugs and kisses. She would hold our necks tight with both her hands – that’s her hug. And if she is really excited or happy, her hug would be accompanied with a happy sound that goes ‘oooo’ J. And she would put her mouth on our cheeks for about two seconds or so, covering our whole cheeks with her drool – and that’s her kiss. Ain’t that the best feeling in the whole wide world!!!

There are times when she’s playing or just sitting on my lap and doing something or just busy in her own world and she turns around and gives me a hug. I like to call these hugs the ‘no reason hugs’. And sometimes these are totally unexpected. I would think she’s probably busy playing or investigating (she’s a very curious baby!!) or whatever stuff babies do, and suddenly she’d turn around to give a hug or a kiss. And the feeling that such hugs and kisses give me is indescribable. They give such a warm, happy, beautiful feeling.

These ‘no reason hugs’ my baby gives actually do not have a reason. It’s not because I have just fed her or because I am playing with her or because I am telling her a story or whatever. These are when she’s busy in her own world and suddenly decides to look at me and give me her hug or kiss. And then mostly she just goes back to whatever she was at, while I am feeling all gooey and mushy.

There was this day when she was looking at my face. I didn’t realise that and just continued with whatever I was doing. She then lifted her small cute hand and touched my face with the palm of her hands. I turned to look at her and saw her looking at me with those big beautiful eyes. She looked at me for probably a second or two and then went back to whatever she was at. My eyes just teared up looking at this small beautiful baby and the love she has for me.

I remember thinking today about my baby’s ‘no reason hugs’ while on the way back from church and that set me thinking about God. He is my parent and loves me as a parent and a lot more than I could ever love my baby. He would be excited just as I was if I gave him my ‘no reason hugs’. Have I ever given Him a ‘no reason hug’? I mean, not because you blessed my day and solved my problems and forgave all my sins. But just like tht – for no reason at all. I am going to start giving God my ‘no reason hugs’ just to say I love Him. I know that’s going to make Him feel really really happy and maybe all gooey and mushy too. Because His love is so much much more than I could ever love my baby.

It probably wouldn’t take much time. It takes my baby just 5 seconds or more to give me a hug or a kiss or even just a smile. But even after she returns to her play, I still feel on top of the world. That’s how I imagine God would feel too. I am going to take time throughout my day to look up at his face and smile at him and tell him I am thinking of Him and I remember Him not for any reason as such but just to say I love Him. I think God would value that oh so much and that would just warm his heart. J It would be amazing to make an Amazing God feel that way !!!

Hebrew 3: 1 - …fix your thoughts on Jesus…

Jeremiah 12: 3 - …O LORD; you see me and test my thoughts about you…