Come Holy Spirit

The wind is blowing so hard today.  I've seen some of the neighbors shingles landing in my yard.  The siding is rattling on my house.  My fireplace is howling as the air sweeps down the flue.  The trees are bowing low at the mercy of the wind.  And...it all makes me think about Pentecost.  Oh, what the sounds of that mighty rushing wind must have been like!  I always imagined it a bit warmer though!

Just around the bend...

I have a hard time living in the moment.  I am always anticipating, wishing, daydreaming about what is coming up, or what could be, or what could have been.  Unfortunately, I think that sometimes keeps me from really enjoying the right now.

Knowing God

I continue to be moved by this book; "Looking for God Knows What" by Donald Miller...

"If you ask me, the way to tell if a person knows God for real, I mean knows the real God, is that they will fear Him.  They wouldn't go around making absurd political assertions and drop God's name like an ace card, and they wouldn't be making absurd statements about how God wants you to be rich and how if you send in some money to the ministry God will bless you.  And for that matter, they wouldn't be standing on a beach shouting about how they are God, twirling around in the waves.  It seems like, if you really knew the God who understands the physics of our existence, you would operate a little more cautiously, a little more compassionately, a little less like you are the center of the universe."

AMEN!

Looking for God Knows What...

That’s the name of the book I’ve been reading. I picked it up over a year ago and as with most books I had to put it on the bottom of the pile and get back to it when I read all the others before it. It’s an enjoyable read. I’m finding it an insightful reminder of all the things that get in the way of our faith. All the things we go looking for thinking that we are seeking God, but really we are just self-medicating ourselves from God trying to fill a “God sized hole” with worldly things that cannot fill the space.