John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
"Maybe a preacher on the radio told you once you could be born again if you just repeated a prayer after him. How I wish this were so. But the Scripture where a man named Nicodemus comes under cloak of night for a secret rendezvous with Jesus, and the prophet speaks to him about being born again, is also the place where Jesus talks about that Spirit, the one who broods over the sea, bringing life and beauty out of chaos. The Spirit is like the wind, he says; you don't know where it comes from - and you don't know where it is going. And the people who say yes to this undomesticated Spirit, the people who say yes to the wind - yes to the sea - will be like this Spirit, not knowing where they came from, or where they are going. They are people who learn to trust the wind instead of fighting it, people who learn to navigate the chaos rather than eliminate it. They will be people born of Spirit, people born of the violence of the storm and the wildness of the wind. And because the Spirit who enters them is the Spirit of life itself, they will live forever. " Jonathan Martin, in How to Survive a Shipwreck: Help is on the Way and Love is Already Here.
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"The one who broods over the sea, bringing life and beauty out of the chaos" - to this I cling Ruth! Thank you.
Ruth, while we used the same Scripture verse we offered different perspectives. Yours provided me with more reasons to ponder on the winds of life-trusting in the wind instead of fighting it and navigating the chaos rather than eliminating it. Being filled with the spirit is essential to me and your words are so comforting during a hectic time in my life. I am going to carry your thoughts with me to bring life and beauty out of the chaos of moving.
Beautiful, Ruth. Thank you... and may the spirit bless you.
Trust the wind/ Navigate the chaos/ Live in the spirit.
Thank you, Ruth, for the words you shared today. I've requested the book from our library.
Wow....the people who say yes to the undomesticated wind. What a beautiful description.
Oh! And, I could comment. How about that?!
Trust in the wind, that it will take you with it to the Spirit who created it. We are one with the Creator. What a wonderful text!
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