Are You Curious?

I wrote about my mom a week after Mother’s Day so I guess it’s ok that I’m writing about the Holy Spirit a week after Pentecost.

I write these blogs when the Spirit moves me and apparently, he/she was busy celebrating Pentecost and didn’t get around to me until now. Pentecost is a celebration of the coming of the promised Holy Spirit to the disciples in the upper room after Jesus had risen from the dead and ascended into heaven.

With the Holy Spirit came all that the apostles needed to fulfill their mission to bring Christ to the world.

The same is true for us now. We are all called to bring Christ’s love and mercy to our “worlds.” And we have been given all that we need to answer that call, in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is alive and well in each of us, waiting to be stirred into action.

The first step in this process of stirring up the Holy Spirit is so simple, yet so difficult. Just be curious. Let yourself believe that maybe this is true. Maybe there is a God-given source of power within you that is all you need to live a more abundant life. A life of purpose, a life lived outside of yourself, self-less and in service to others. A life of ease and simplicity, gratitude, freedom, and joy.

Wonder about this and see what happens.

If we open ourselves up to the possibility of a life in tandem with the Holy Spirit, we will be given glimpses of what this life looks like. These glimpses come in subtle yet noticeable ways. You might find yourself with an unexplained patience for someone who is usually very difficult to be around.  You find just the right words in a difficult conversation. Your thoughts focus on what you have rather than what is missing in our life. Your restlessness is gone. Your anxiety doesn’t last as long. You get a good night’s sleep. You make a decision that you have been wavering on for a long time. You notice how green the grass is.

The list goes on and on. These glimpses make us want more and give us the courage to open up even more. But that’s a topic for another blog. For now, I challenge you to just let yourself be curious about the Holy Spirit.

Let me know what happens.

Joan