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Posted On December 15, 2017

A basic human need is to be loved; to experience someone’s caring arms wrapped around us; to feel the touch of their skin against ours; to know we’re safe. We’re loved.

Our need to be held and protected can be experienced through Christ’s touch, through imagining we’re held by a Divine Embrace.

How? Try this meditation:

Close your eyes and become quiet.
Take a few deep breaths.
Imagine you’re the Beloved resting with Jesus.
You lean into his strong chest.
Imagine Christ placing his arms around you, holding you, embracing you.
Feel his touch on your skin.
Notice his breath on your neck.
Listen to his heartbeat.
Notice the air rise and fall in his lungs.
Feel the energy, the warm comfort flowing between you and him.

The energy is Divine Love. This love lives within each of us like an electromagnetic force. Divine Electricity. As we sit and rest in Christ, we experience his love.

Emmanuel—God is with us. God is in us.

It’s more than a Christmas story. It’s true. You are embraced. You are loved intimately by God. You are safe. The Word has become flesh, holding and embodying itself in, around, and through you.

Let this Divine Love quiet you, heal you, enter every cell in your body. And know this Divine Embrace holds you now and for eternity.

—brian j plachta
brianplachta.net

Written by Brian J. Plachta

Following the Breadcrumbs God Leaves Along Our Path

What if God is speaking through ordinary moments more often than we realize?

A conversation that stays with us. A door that closes. A quiet nudge we can’t quite explain. An unexpected invitation that seems to come at just the right time.

The challenge is learning to notice these moments before we have any idea where they’re leading, and trusting the next step.

Over time, we may begin to see that God’s guidance doesn’t always come as an answer. Sometimes, it comes as a trail.

What to Do When God Seems Silent

Has silence ever made you feel like God is far away? When we feel this way, it’s easy to start looking for answers or waiting for a clear sign. But prayer can also be as simple as slowing down and noticing what’s already here. The breeze. The waves. Your breath. The quiet. God’s presence doesn’t always come through words. Sometimes we just need to be still enough to notice.

Let God Alone Define You

Ever have someone’s words get stuck in your head?
Maybe they criticized you, misunderstood you, or told a story about you that doesn’t feel true. And before long, you’re holding a courtroom in your mind—defending yourself, replaying the conversation, wondering if maybe they’re right.

There’s another way.

Bring it into the quiet with God.

Ask: Is there something here I need to learn? Is there something I need to own? And what was never mine to carry in the first place?

We can stay humble enough to receive the truth without letting someone else’s opinion become our identity.

Because in the end, God alone defines you.

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