'Ask and ye shall receive...'

For the past couple of weeks God has been teaching me about love--His love. And every time I think I finally understand it, he shows me something else. He told me, “Often the teaching will end before the lesson is fully understood, but when I teach, I won’t stop until you fully understand.”


I kept thinking, “Yes, I need to get closer, deeper, I need to study more, I need to really understand your love. And God just kept telling me, “Just ask. All you have to do is ask.”


Now, I’m a writer, and I’ve been working on notes for an allegorical fantasy novel. I’ve been working on making a Jesus character, an I’ve been trying to think of a name. In the Chronicles of Narnia, the name Aslan means 'lion' in some language or other. I decided to do kind of the same thing with a different word. I was thinking and thinking, trying to figure out a word to describe Jesus, and it finally came to me: “God is love.”

So I go online to a language translator, and I type in 'love.' There are like 50 languages to choose from. I randomly pick Turkish, out of the 50 languages.

I click ’translate.’

And when I look to see what the Turkish word meaning 'love' is, I find that the word is spelled A-S-K. Ask.


To receive the love of Jesus you don’t have to work or study or make promises. Jesus gives his love freely, he died to give it to you, there’s nothing he wants more then to give it to you. You just have to ask.

Hey there! Feeling sad or unloved? What you need is a Jesus-Hug!

The new improved way to lift your spirit--a Jesus-Hug is an instant pick-me-up! *Wink* (Haha, lift your spirit, pick-me-up...)

Yes, there is a time to bow down and revere Him as the all-powerful Lord God and King of the Universe...but there's also a time to just to run up and give Him a big bear hug!!! (Rawr-ing is not necessary...)

What is a Jesus-Hug? Well, I was hoping you'd ask! *Wink, wink*

'Jesus-Hug' verb.
1. To experience a sudden ease and comfort, like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. 'I was feeling blah, but now I feel great--it was a total Jesus-Hug.'

2. A sudden feeling of assurance, like someone telling you, "Hey, it's all going to be okay. Trust me."

3. Random explosion of joy, usually as a result of an awesome spiritual experience. 'That praise and worship was incredible! I just got a Jesus-Hug!'

4. An "awwwwwww!" moment.


Have you hugged Jesus today?