Come Holy Spirit, Come!

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.” ~ Acts 1:8 To span the infinite gap between the Divine and the human, God’s agenda is to plant a little bit of God, the Holy Spirit, right inside of us! (Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 14:16ff). This is the very meaning of the “new” covenant, and the replacing of our “heart of stone with a heart of flesh” that Ezekiel promised (36:25-26). Isn’t that wonderful? It is God doing the loving, in and through us, back to God, toward our neighbor and enemy alike, and even toward the sad and broken parts of ourselves. Adapted from Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality, p. 97 Prayer: Break through my closed door, O God.