Imagine people from all around the world:
from Australia and Scotland,
Canada and the United States,
from Africa and India and all places in between:
from places of hope, and places of anger;
places of plenty and places of hunger;
people who are overwhelmed by emptiness
and people who are overwhelmed by abundance; people from yesterday and today, and tomorrow – imagine all these people gathered in one place.
Unsure, uncertain,
captured by fear,
we wait – wondering
what it is that we are waiting for.
And in the midst of all time and space
God’s Spirit bursts in, once again,
as it always does,
and we are reminded that God,
our Creator God,
our loving and forgiving God,
our God that never lets us go
is come to us once again.
The risen Christ,
who we sometimes fear has left us,
is right here in our very midst,
and we are overcome with joy.
And while others may laugh at us
and make fun,
and tell us we are too full of fanciful ideas
and not dealing with the “real” world
we know that the real world
is God’s place,
and that reality
is seeking to align ourselves with God’s will.
And we hear again those words from the prophet Joel:
God’s Spirit is poured out,
lavishly overflowing,
on all people – all ages and colors,
regardless of gender or status,
no matter who we are or where we have been
God’s Spirit is poured out upon us
and we know,
as sure as the sun rises and sets,
that God’s love is here to stay.
(Seasons of the Spirit, May 15, 2016)
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