THE SPIRIT IS WITH US
Heve you ever PRAYED for
Somebody else=out loud?
It is an EMOTIONAL MOMENT
It is especially so=
If you are
Down on your knees
Feeling a STRONG BOND
For someone else=
Praying with them=
The SPIRIT is in us=and WITH US
"When he had
Finished speaking=he knelt down
And PRAYED=with them all" Acts 20:36
Before Paul departed=he made
His farewell speech=
To the church of Ephesus=
And he concluded by kneeling
And praying=with those PRESENT
And they were all so TOUCHED
That they were weeping
"They were all
Weeping loudly" Acts 20:37
Along with the sadness=
They all felt=
They could feel
THE SPIRIT WITHIN THEM
The SPIRIT was with them
And the spirit is
With us=when we pray together
For one another's BENEFIT
WHEN we pray with others=
The presence of
The SPIRIT'S INTENSITY
Sometimes surprises us
So much so
That the tears
CAN WELL UP=in our eyes
"Where can I go
From your SPIRIT?
Where can I flee
From your presence?" Psalm 139:7
"I live in
A high and holy place
But also with the one
Who is contrite
And lowly IN SPIRIT
To revive the SPIRIT
Of the lowly-
And to revive the heart
Of the contrite" Isaiah 57:15
The SPIRIT was
With Jesus=Paul=and all
The apostles=and the spirit
IS WITH US TODAY
When we PRAY
And try to
FURTHER the work of God
In this world
The vibrant and ENDURING LOVE
Of the Spirit=TOUCHES
A deep part of us
Whether we are WORSHIPPING
In community=whether we are
JUST PRAYING for another=
Or whether we are saying
GOODBYE to a friend
NEVER REGRET
The tears that you feel=
Never under estimate
The POWER of the Spirit
Deep within you
"For where TWO or three
Gather in my name=there am I
With them" Matthew 18:20
Never be embarrassed or regret
The TEARS you feel
At those times=and never regret
THE SPIRIT WITHIN US
The SPIRIT IS WITH US!
In Jesus' name=and in the name of the FATHER=and his ever moving SPIRIT WITHIN US
Robert P. Wallman
5-17-2021
Ps INSPIRED by anarticle in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
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