He Breathed on Them

~~~Pentecost Sunday ~~~

~~~ Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 ~~~ Psalm 104 ~~~

~~~ 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13 ~~~

~~~ John 20:19-23 ~~~

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

And from your celestial home

Shed a ray of light divine!

Jesus entered into the upper room passing through the locked doors.

He calmed their hearts and souls with words of peace.

And then he did something most unusual...

...he breathed on them and said to them,

“Receive the Holy Spirit.

At that very moment the breath of Jesus...

given to him form God the Father

was passed on to us.

We received the Spirit, the same Spirit 

given in the upper room thousands of years ago.

The breath of Jesus became

 the conduit for the Spirit to come down upon us.

The wind and the fire give evidence of the force of the Spirit.

If you take away their breath, they perish

and return to their dust.

When you send forth your spirit, they are created,

and you renew the face of the earth.

Once we no longer have the breath of God to sustain us we perish.

Does that come at the hour of our death?

It is the breath of God that keeps us alive...the spirit supplies 

each breath we take.

With each breath we are being created again.

Without this life giving breath there is no possible

 way for the face of the earth to be renewed.

It is through us that the Spirit carries 

out the Divine plan for renewal of the earth.

To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit

is given for some benefit.

Our gifts are brought to full fruition

 through the wind and fiery power of the Spirit. 

Let the Spirit into your life...

Let the Spirit rule in your heart...

Let the fire of Passion carry you from one day to the next.

It is both awe-inspiring and humbling

 to step back and give witness to the workings of the Spirit.

It gives me goose bumps when I recall 

the many times I have been blessed to recognize the presence of the Spirit.

The Spirit orchestrates all things good in the appropriate time.

The Spirit leaves no details to chance;

everything is put together with precision...dare I say perfection.

...we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

There is only one Spirit.

Jesus breathed it into you and into me.

There is nothing you can do to stop the power of the Spirit.

Give them joys

 that never end. Amen.

Peace from Jesus, giver of the Spirit.