| We continue with a portion from "In the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit." 'Fellowship' doesn't take by force and possess. It liberates. We offer a share in our own life, and share the life of another person. Fellowship lives in reciprocal participation and mutual acceptance. Fellowship springs up when people who are different find something in common, and when something in common is shared by different people. We are a part of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit as we are free to be the person God created us to be and we bow and bend to the life of the other - who is not like we are. In this way, we must be content to listen and learn who these other people are and then let them be that. In the middle of that sharing and listening and honoring the other - and this is done by all sides - we all change and become more a part of this banquet fellowship that is called the Reign of God. It is no easy trip - but it does happen. We can let go of our need to control and possess and we can be the power that helps others do the same. In the end, we all enter a new beginning. That may be why we use alpha and omega language. Together within the liberating power of the Holy Spirit we will see the end of what was dragging us down and separating us and we are able to see the beginning of a life that was not alive previously. Sounds like resurrection to me. Connection: I really do see people change. It never happens quickly or completely - but it does happen. We can each benefit from some profound liberation. Lord of Liberation and Freedom, you continue to invites us and woo us and pull us into the ever-present life within your Reign. We too often lay back and do not enter. Again we ask - move our hearts. Amen. |
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