My Hug gives you Super powers

The other night, Joshua was spurring Isaac to attack me.  At the same time, Asher was trying to save me.  Asher came and gave me a big squeeze and then said, "My Hug gives you Super powers!"  His hugs do give me super powers, they fill me up with love and laughter (especially when we are playing).  What could be more super and powerful?

Life has a tendency to continually define and redefine who we are.  Sometimes the scriptures refer to this as the refiner's fire, or smoothing out the rough edges.  We have moments that seem to, with brilliant force, expose us... either with our weaknesses or with our strengths.  Sometimes both.  Occasionally, it is when we feel weakest that we are the strongest.  For, despite our frailty we keep moving forward, pushing ourselves against or over the insurmountable.  In our sojourn, we sometimes have moments of keen introspection.  We surprise ourselves with what we are able to accomplish and are sometimes saddened with the mistakes which can slowly burden us.  It is not always easy to take a step back in these moment... moments where we see just how destructive a burden can become... and still love and accept this fugitive being.  Often, this is when we find ourselves pleading with God, wishing most fervently to be encircled within His peace and love, as if in an embrace.  In this place, there is divine affirmation and healing of all the wounds we carry within.  Isn't this one of our greatest needs, to be healed and to know that God loves us?  He sees everything about us, our strengths and our weaknesses, but is most concerned with what we can become, who we really are.    It is before God that we are most vulnerable, because He knows who we are... I wonder if we were to stand before Him, like the woman waiting to be stoned... how vulnerable and frail we would feel.. knowing the effect of our sins and that they would keep us from his presence... but he does not condemn us... He knows that we are more then even we could imagine... we are an inner world of intent, desire, and love... souls aching to find safety... burdened with unmet needs...desiring to do and be good.  He knows what we need and how to heal us and give us strength to overcome.  He will light the way, allowing us to see who we truly are.  As we come to know God, we come to know ourselves and see, with His eyes, who we truly are and all the good we are capable of doing.