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by Dennis Wheeler
We live in an age of 'politicial correctness'!
In fact, I believe we've gone overboard in being too cautious. Because of the media's coverage of high-profile child molestation cases...and the emphasis in the workplace on sexual harassment...we are becoming a culture that is hesitant to touch.
I am referring to touching one another...not in a suggestive manner, but in a way that communicates love, warmth, acceptance and concern.
Someone handed me this poem this past week and I have no idea who the author is...but it is right on target.
Please Touch Me
I am your baby,
Please touch me!
Not just when you feed me and diaper me
But stroke my legs, my arms, my back, my head.
Hold me close in tenderness
That says...I love you!
I am your teenager,
Please touch me!
I need to feel a fond love
coming through your hands, your arms;
I need to see it in your eyes,
hear it in your voice,
Even when we disagree,
Some of me is still a child...
Please touch me!
I am a child with a family of my own,
Please put your arms around me
Mother, Father, when my heart aches
with heartaches you have known.
Now that I am a parent,
I see you differently and love you more
When you embrace your grandchildren,
Don't forget me!
I am your aging parent,
Please touch me the way my mother did
when I was young.
My hair is coarse and gray
But please stroke it.
My hand is withered, but hold it.
Embrace my tiring body,
I need your strength...please touch me!
Repeatedly throughout the New Testament we read how Jesus would touch and heal many, many folks. Now...He was God in the flesh. It wasn't necessary for Him to 'touch' in order for the healing to take place. He could have just spoken the words and the healing would have occured. But the point is...Jesus touched others!
And so should we!!
Recall the Motown song from the 1970's..."Reach out and touch somebody's hand...make this world a better place if you can."
Or reflect on the words by Bill Gaither..."He touched me, O, He touched me, and O, the joy that floods my soul! Something happened, and now I know, He touched me and made me whole."
Don't be afraid to TOUCH!
He serves as the Senior Pastor with southwest Virginia church... a loving church family in Abingdon.
He and his wife Sharon have been married for over 27 years and are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, one son-in-law, and two precious grandchildren, the second arrived arrived on the scene in September 2004!!
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