Building Bridges

On the day of Pentecost the act of pouring down Holy Spirit in cloven tongues of fire was a proof that God bestowed grace to all.
What is Holy Spirit ? It works in us with the same creative genius by which God masterminded the genesis of the earth and heaven: He found all things as good( Gen1:31).
Grace backed by Holy Spirit surely must allow man to strive for something better for His glory though he might fail in the attempt. Putting the candlestick under the bushel isn’t the profitable way of Christian life. Each of us can work with the spirit so the world may see grace in his or her life.
Attempt greater things and with a clean and renewed frame of mind one might find healing even in hopeless cases. Medical science has not written the last word on the way our body and mind can work together. Solution for the Canaanite woman with the issue of blood was not because she couldn’t find competent physicians to treat her but the moment for grace hadn’t arrived. When she was inspired to touch the hem of the lord lo and behold grace sprang forth to effect healing. In some cases the art of medicine works through human agency with lot of co-operation from the sufferer.
God raised Bezaleel and Aholiab to assist Moses in raising the Tabernacle ( Exo 31:1-7)Bazaleel was from the tribe of Judah while the latter was from th tribe of Dan. They were to work together. This brings me to the main point.
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Inspiration touches man and woman so they may prove their universality. With that single event Galilee is no further than Crete or Arabia. In God’s sight the wall of separation between Medes and Parthians are man made that shall be removed. It is done under the inspiration of Holy Spirit.
My soul or that what makes me distinct from another, as an individual knows no man-made labels. Thus separation of mankind into tribes or nations by language of any other is superficial and a lie. Soul does not accept gender difference or ageism. Before Truth soul is like a mirror reflecting the truth of the Highest. Where the mirror from which our body takes its measure shall always be clouded. ‘Through a glass darkly’ we see our human aspects whereas Truth sees it plainly.
You shall agree then there is a wide chasm within our own being: between body that is carnal and soul that is sacred.
The work of Holy Spirit is to bridge that abyss.
The king in the story of ‘Spare The Rod’ succeeded in disciplining his son because he could take his understanding to a higher
plane: appeal to what was the quintessence of the boy than resort to a rod.
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