The Holy Ghost Hug!
HUG = the act of holding someone tightly in one's arms typically to express affection.
That's the dictionary definition.
A "HOLY GHOST" HUG is a hug in which
the Holy Spirit supernaturally pours out
the Love of the Father upon the recipient
through the mere embrace of a Believer.
Talk about being a vessel that God can flow through!
Early this morning, I popped on my sparkly RED ballet flats, and headed out the door to The Bonfire Bible Study. A few of us arrived early to set up and pray. At the end of our little prayer meeting, we took a few moments to pray for one another. I don't remember all the details, but at one point someone said "Now pray for Gail!"
Kam, the "Prayer Warrior" of the group, embraced me in her arms and began praying in the Spirit. I just melted!
It was as if Jesus was
holding me Himself.
I'm telling you, I'm not usually a melter! I don't get all mushy at the drop of a prayer. But when God decides to clothe Himself in someone, and that someone hugs me... WOE!
It was so funny, because it was just her and me -- and I was melted. I could feel God just pouring His love into me. Just then, Ziva came over, having heard Kam speaking in tongues, and announced, "I have the interpretation of that tongue. - I do!" she insisted. I opened my eyes and looked into her eyes as she told me what God had to say.
BAM!
She hit the nail on the head!
I know she didn't know anything about what she was saying, yet, she was precisely on target! Well -- I should say, God was precisely on target. He spoke through her, directly to me, about the concerns of my heart. There's no way she could have known that! God and I were the only ones privy to those whispered, late night, conversations.
Before I knew it, prayer time was over, and everyone went in different directions to greet the people as they began arriving. There I was... standing in the middle of the room -- all by myself -- kind of like a melted ice cream cone. I was a little out of it, and somewhat wobbly on my feet. I could feel myself swaying back and forth. So I took a moment, sat down and pulled myself together.
WOW! God had just poured out His Love on me! God had just spoken directly to me! I do believe...
I just had a GOD encounter!
Today, I did the teaching at the Bonfire. We are continuing our Bible study in
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 on Spiritual Gifts. Their purpose is to build up the Body of Christ.
In that GOD encounter, just moments before, I witnessed three of the Spiritual Gifts listed: Word of Knowledge, Tongues and Interpretation.
Now you won't find the "Holy Ghost Hug" listed there... but there's no doubt in my mind that it's a divine gift, in a category, all its own! Thank you Jesus! What a morning!
In RED shoes,
Gail
