Comforter

Recently, someone asked me: “Have you ever wondered if religion is just a way to pull the wool over people’s eyes?”

I have never visually seen God or heard from Him audibly. Yet, sometimes I feel His presence—it’s like a thick comforter being pulled over me. There is a weight to His Spirit, but it is not cumbersome…instead, it feels reassuring.   

On chilly nights, a thick heavy comforter can keep us warm while we sleep. There is something soothing and reassuring about the weight of these bedcoverings. Faith is similar. When life gets chilly, that’s when you appreciate the weight of the Spirit upon you. Like a mama hen covering her chicks with her own body, the Lord envelops us.

We often think of death as the ‘long sleep’. What if, instead, this earthly life is the ‘long sleep’—punctuated by good and bad dreams, and God blankets us with His comforting, reassuring warmth?    

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;” (John 14:16 KJV)