Yesterday in church we
celebrated the sweet, sweet Spirit that stirred amid the disciples and
empowered them to share the good news of God’s expansive/evolving love. The Book of Acts tells us this Spirit was not
some gentle soft breeze but a burning breeze that shook the disciples to their
core. They physically felt the force on
their face/flesh, and this awoke their shy souls to start singing in every
language. Amid the cacophony there was a
connection. Amid the chaos there was a
community formed. What if this story
isn’t just about then and there, but here and now? How do we open to swirling Spirit? I am not sure we can plan or predict
how/when/where the Spirit will show up ~ which can frustrate the Type-A people
in our midst like me. And we may need to
let go of the self-help gospel that preaches you can have your best life
now! The Spirit is the holy part of God
bursts through the locked doors and carefully cultivated parts of our
life. One of the hymns that hymns in my
heart is Spirit of the Living God…pray these words with me:
Spirit
of the Living God,
Fall
afresh on me.
Spirit
of the Living God,
Fall
afresh on me.
Melt
me, mold me, fill me, send me.
Spirit
of the Living God,
Fall
afresh on me.
Where do you need the Spirit
of the Living God to fall afresh? Where
are you unsure you want God stirring up dust amid that cobweb corners of your
soul where you have put in boxes all that “stuff” you’d rather not deal
with? Where do you long to be
refreshed? Where do you find some
resistance ~ perhaps with that person who you keep adding wood to
the fire of resentment or anger? What
events coming up do you long for the Spirit?
Where are you pouring out your Jonah-like energy to refuse or refute
following God’s nudges? What would
happen if the Spirit showed up in that meeting later today or tomorrow? What happens if you sang the words above before
a meeting today? Prayed the words above
before a doctor’s appointment? Sat with
these words in stillness this week? May
you find ways to let the melody and message of this hymn hum within the
soundtrack to your soul. Amen.
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