<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 10;16<div><br></div><div><b>16. &nbsp;And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.</b></div><div><br></div><div>There is truly something divine in a loving physical embrace. &nbsp;Hugging, full body hugs with arms wrapped around another, sends a spiritual comfort from one heart and soul to another.</div><div><br></div><div>Likewise, a deliberate touch of the hand upon the head of children, or the shoulder or arm of an adult also communicates the love of God.</div><div><br></div><div>As a pastor visiting the sick or the shut-ins, after the confession of sin, as a necessary&nbsp;part of the&nbsp;pronouncement of absolution, (forgiveness), the pastor is to physically lay his hand upon the one who has just confessed their sin, while he says, “Upon this your confession, I by virtue of my Office as a&nbsp;called and ordained servant of God, announce to you the forgiveness of sins: &nbsp;In the stead, (place) and by the command of my Lord Jesus&nbsp;Christ, I forgive you all your sins; in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sometimes, I continue to touch them with my left hand while I make the sign of the crowd over their head and their heart with my right hand.</div><div><br></div><div>Jesus’ prayer for His Bride the Church is that we all&nbsp;be perfectly one together,&nbsp;in Him and His gracious forgiveness.</div><div><br></div><div>Oneness is not to be just an agreement in doctrine, it is the&nbsp;mystical new creation of God at work in us.</div><div><br></div><div>Think of that next time&nbsp;when you greet, or say “goodbye” to someone. &nbsp;You are saying, “We are One, in Christ and His forgiving love.”</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”<br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 10;16
16.  And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
There is truly something divine in a loving physical embrace.  Hugging, full body hugs with arms wrapped around another, sends a spiritual comfort from one heart and soul to another.
Likewise, a deliberate touch of the hand upon the head of children, or the shoulder or arm of an adult also communicates the love of God.
As a pastor visiting the sick or the shut-ins, after the confession of sin, as a necessary part of the pronouncement of absolution, (forgiveness), the pastor is to physically lay his hand upon the one who has just confessed their sin, while he says, “Upon this your confession, I by virtue of my Office as a called and ordained servant of God, announce to you the forgiveness of sins:  In the stead, (place) and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins; in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”  
Sometimes, I continue to touch them with my left hand while I make the sign of the crowd over their head and their heart with my right hand.
Jesus’ prayer for His Bride the Church is that we all be perfectly one together, in Him and His gracious forgiveness.
Oneness is not to be just an agreement in doctrine, it is the mystical new creation of God at work in us.
Think of that next time when you greet, or say “goodbye” to someone.  You are saying, “We are One, in Christ and His forgiving love.”
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”

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