{"id":3678,"date":"2017-04-17T14:09:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2017-04-17T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T18:09:38","slug":"first-kiss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2017\/04\/first-kiss-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The First Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cKiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine\u201d (Song of Songs 1:2).<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/i>If you were an alien and you landed on earth just in time to observe two people kissing, what would you think? Such a strange phenomenon! Why do two people connect themselves at the lips? It isn\u2019t a necessary part of procreation. It\u2019s just for fun. But why? <\/span><\/p>\n

Where did kissing originate? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

An old set of Bible story books written decades ago by Arthur Maxwell \u00a0(we read them to our kids for years) has an interesting theory. In the Genesis story the author states that God performed the first kiss when he breathed life into Adam\u2019s nostrils. It makes sense. With a kiss, God breathed His breath directly into Adam. <\/span><\/p>\n

Try breathing into someone\u2019s nostrils from your nostrils without kissing. Nose-to-nose practically assumes\u00a0mouth-to-mouth.\u00a0<\/span>If this is true, then we have discovered the meaning of kissing:\u00a0 <\/span>it is sharing our spirit with another. A big deal, I might add, and one we take all too casually. But that\u2019s beside the point at present\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man\u2019s nostrils, and the man became a living person\u201d (Genesis 2:7).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When Mark kissed me for the first time, he shared his life, his essence, with me. I, in turn, shared my breath with him, and our love grew deeper. Today, when I kissed him as he left, we shared a bit more of our lives, renewing our determination to stay connected at the deepest level of life. <\/span><\/p>\n

If God kissed Adam, will He kiss me? Is He still interested in breathing His Spirit into ours? <\/span><\/p>\n

Absolutely. As children desire hugs and kisses from their fathers, so can we from our Heavenly Father God. As a bride desires hugs and kisses from her\u00a0groom, so can we from our Heavenly Bridegroom, Jesus. <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you need a fresh breath of the Spirit of God? Is your soul longing for intimacy with the giver of life? Pray this plain and simple prayer with us today\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Creator God,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

You breathed life into Adam and made him a living soul. My soul seems to be on life-support. I need a fresh touch from You. I need to remember that You are real. More real than anything I can see or feel or taste or touch\u2026. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Or kiss\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

As I lift my face to You today, I ask… Would you kiss me? Would you please breathe your breath into me, resuscitating my wilting heart, giving me Your energy, Your Holy Spirit, Your life that makes life worth living? <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

I receive it in faith, for Your Word states that You are not a \u201crespecter of persons.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>You don\u2019t love me less than You loved Adam. I need Your Spirit at least as much as he did. I breathe You in today. With my faith, I receive the kiss of the Son. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

In Jesus\u2019 Name,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Amen<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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