I remember the first time I kissed your mother (I know, the last thing you want to think about). A kiss is powerful. It takes a lot of bravery to lean in, especially the first time, and hope the kiss is reciprocated. Rejection is our biggest fear and one that could easily materialize in the pursuit of a kiss. Yet, she reciprocated and fear of rejection turned into life giving acceptance and love.
The Psalmist tells us that the world can be healed through a kiss. Every problem we have, so says he, can vanish through attraction, pursuit, risk, faith, the actual leaning in and embrace. He tells us that the Son is waiting and He will reciprocate. Most of the world will choose to live in anger, resistance and the stubborn demand for God and others to kiss them, but we are invited to lean in and kiss "the son."
It will be easier to not kiss the Son. It is easier to be stand offish with God. To live in our self pity, anger, resentment for how the day is not going, dwelling on how much better everyone else's life seems. It is easier to long to rest in the kiss of boy/girl. That is good, but it is only good because it shadows a true kiss, the kiss of God. It is absurd, unthinkable, but He literally invites us to the vulnerability and intimacy of a kiss. To lean in, trust and kiss. Kiss with the faith that he is waiting, longing, and desiring us.
So, lean into the One who never grows cold in His love for you, for He is waiting. He is pursuing you through whatever you are going through, for that He has made clear. The only question is, "Will you lean in, give up, risk and kiss Him?" When you do you will hear the sweet whisper, "You are my son/daughter, today I have become your father." For this Father loves us with the same passion he has for his Son. That is gospel truth and it is truly good!
Much love,
dad
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