John 16:4
But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them.
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
Jesus’ discourse -
Feels a bit like he was cramming it all in
Making sure the unsaid is said
Filling in the blanks
Future-proofing the message
Last minute nerves?
Good try, Jesus, good try.
So much of faith has to be lived, not imagined.
How often do some things
only make sense in retrospect?
In the midst of the turmoil the spirit provokes
it’s hard to find the centre,
the still point of perspective
So, rather than resist
and risk losing out on the experience,
how about we surrender caution,
go along for the ride,
experience the turbulence
and trust the buoyancy of the Spirit
to bear us up and keep us afloat?
When our feet touch the ground
there will be plenty of time for sense-making
and space to reflect on the learning
perhaps even time for navel gazing
about the meaning of faith.
In the meantime…
Let’s surrender
to the unpredictable Spirit of God
who blows where she will
conjuring up all kinds of happenings
that don’t exist even in our dreams
or wildest imaginings
And lose ourselves in the swirling rainbow hues
that emerge in the midst of the rain
Sometimes only a fleeting glimpse-
that signals God at work
in the life of the world today.
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