Christ is portrayed as a “life-giving Spirit.” The believer has a responsibility to live her life in the power of the Spirit. This responsibility should not be taken lightly, as one should not ignore the depth of the Spirit’s power. Walking in the power of the Spirit is life-changing, as the Spirit becomes an agent through which transformations can occur. -- Theologian Grace Ji Sun-Kim in Fr Richard's Daily Meditation, May 30, 2023
That paragraph is powerful beyond words to tell.
The believer has a responsibility to live her life in the power of the Spirit.
"The believer"...that's me..."has a responsibility." It is not a choice, a will-I-or-won't-I? Today?...or wait till tomorrow? No. To have a responsibility is Now...not just to think it, or talk it, or even preach it. The responsibility is to live my life in the power of the Spirit Now.
It confirms me, my BFOs, my realization that one thought originating in the heart not the head has all power...can birth change in the time it takes for the thought to pop.
Now comes Goldsmith's belly-burner: This requires that in my life right now I put into action that which I say...that which I am writing about this red-hot minute.
Walking in the power of the Spirit is life-changing, as the Spirit becomes an agent through which transformations can occur.
Comes a fleeting clue...it is not ours to cause, we can cause nothing. We are changed, transformed, by the Spirit within. Ours is to live our life showing forth that transformation...and the way for doing just that is the Sermon on the Mount...a for instance, if someone slaps you upside your head, turn the other cheek.
Easy it ain't...this is probably the basis of Fr Richard's lesson on necessary suffering. Meaning, if it isn't egoically painful, we're not doing it right. Yet we experience a spiritual lift when we do turn the other cheek. There it is...the pearl beyond price,
Again, we must go beyond reason to love.
Thank you.
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