June 4, 2017

PENTECOST

Come Holy Spirit!

Breathe new life

into me - Holy Gust

of fresh air - come

into me - again and again.

Grab me by my shoulders

and  shake me till my

foundations shake and ache.

I need a better

Spirit of forgiveness….
Sometimes I find that

difficult to pull out

of me when another

has hurt me too hard.

I also need many more

characteristics - qualities

that don’t seem to be

working inside me.

For example, I need

courage, creativitity,

insight, integrity,

faith, hope and charity.

Do I just pray for these

gifts - and then watch

and wait till they arrive

or do I focus on one -

for example, faith,

and then work till I’m

putting it into practice?

Is that how prayer and

the gifts of the Holy Spirit work?

Come Holy Spirit.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017