Snuggles

           Snuggles are good. You know, snuggles are those times when you cuddle up against something and find comfort. Animals are especially good for this especially when they want to snuggle. Such is the life of our cat. She likes to snuggle just a little when she has run out of energy and has quit running at break neck speed through the house flipping small rugs in her path and bouncing up and down on her cat tree and pulling towels down from the chairs on which she sits to view things outside the window. Finally, perhaps she will come and nestle between my legs for a couple of hours which is almost too much snuggling for me. She sticks her chin up and wants me to rub it. But, how do we find the comfort of snuggling when we have run out of steam? Psalm 101:1 says, “I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.”

            I have chosen this Psalm to reflect a bit about our spiritual snuggling. The fact is, you can turn to almost any of the 150 Psalms and find out that they are all directed towards God. God is the subject of every one of the Psalms. Professors have stated that the Book of Psalms reflects up upward relationship with God while the Book of Proverbs show are living relationships with our fellow human beings. The Psalms are Vertical and the Proverbs are horizontal. The Book of Psalms offers times of snuggling, if you so wish to put it that way, with God. We have often seen the picture of children sitting on the lap of the Lord Jesus Christ or of Christ holding a little lamb. Life is not always as smooth running as we would like and often leads to the times when we want to find just a little comfort to help battle the events of the day. There are those times when life seems to be just a tad severe to us as we come face to face to death and of the eternal state, or to sickness of which we seem to not have any control at all. We are also plagued with the issues of our family and friends, of which we also have no control and feel that we just need to find a place of perfect rest. These are just a couple of examples that should drive us to the Psalms. Psalm 23 is perhaps one of the most famous Psalms of comfort and is indeed a “snuggler” so to speak. Is your day and night filled with anxiety and stress? Then you need to have a “snuggle.” Are you perplexed and feel that you are not in control of your particular situation? Then you need to have a “snuggle.” The physical snuggles of a dog or kitten are good for a moment, but the real lasting snuggles come from you relationship with God. Spend some time in the Psalms and feel God wrapping His arms around you. Praise God for His desires for your life.