From Easter into Pentecost living

Dear Beautiful Savior, 
This week we cross over the bridge of Easter into Pentecost living. 
Given our propensity to sleep walk, hide behind gated communities,  and believe we can control our lives, why does FEAR still seem to abound?  Isn’t it time to finally awaken and surrender to God’s perfect love that casts out all fear?  A Pentecost poem by Cheryl Lawrie to sit and reflect on.  
 

A Pentecost Poem - 

come to think of it… 
actually, Your spirit is not really like a flickering candle sitting on the altar, which we’ve protected 
from scorching with a heat proof mat 
You burn with irrepressible, ferocious passion. 

in truth, your spirit has little in common with the gentle breeze from the fan fluttering the bulletins 
as it rotates from the front pews during the children’s talk 
we can barely stand upright in the face of Your love. 

luckily, Your spirit barely resembles a helium filled red balloon, rising, just out of reach, to taunt us as 
it rests against the church ceiling 
You would subsume us in the unrelenting hold of Your peace. 

we think we have You nailed 
in our fire resistant, 
cyclone-proof, 
red cloth swathed metaphors 

thank god our inadequacy defining You has never stopped You yet. 

With you in the journey and learning to surrender to the promises of God.  Pastor Jeff