CONNECTIONS
Holy spirit of God,
Take me as your disciple, guide
me, illuminate me,
Sanctify my heart that evil may
not dwell within me,
Bind my hands that they may not
do evil,
Be thou my Guide,
Be thou my God. Amen
This is such a simple little prayer but it captures in a
nutshell what we hope for from the Spirit of God. We acknowledge that we are prone to sin, to
hold grudges and resentments in our hearts and we are asking the Spirit to take
over. The more we pray in this vein the
more we sense the presence of the Spirit and find ourselves better able to
control impulses that lead us away from God.
Dag Hammarskjöld called that presence,
“Something” which he felt
inside himself guiding him and decided from the day he first felt it, to listen
and follow its prompts. No matter by
what name the Spirit is known, He is present.
Of course, like everything else in life that is worth pursuing, the
accent is on you doing the pursuing. The
perfect relationship with God is a cooperative. God will never interfere with
our free will because that one marvelous gift is the key to building an adult
relationship with Him. The freedom to
choose is critical to any relationship be it mundane or sublime. We don’t
expect to be on equal terms, as St. Paul reminds us, but rather we will be
confident that God will never leave us, never doubt our intentions and always
forgive our failings. What happens in
our lives will be the result of our choices or the choices of others and God
will be with us to sustain us through the consequences of either. Daily connection to the Holy Spirit through
prayer will keep this relationship alive and strong.
With love, Carol
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