Pentecost 2020: Holy Spirit, be in my head and in my heart, be in my…
By Robert Fontana
What a year of sorrow! The pandemic continues, war in the Ukraine, mass shootings at supermarkets and grade schools, divisions in the country, and the daily pains and sorrows of life. And still Paul writes:
“What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?…No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things,* nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-38
We can find joy, hope, and purpose in this world filled with so much sin, corruption, and sorrow through an intimate relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit! Lori and I pray to the Holy Spirit every day to help us be alert to how we can be a power for good within the circumstances of our lives. Here is our Holy Spirit prayer:
Holy Spirit, be in my head and in my heart. Be in my eyes and in my looking. Be in my mouth and in my speaking. Be in my ears and in my hearing. Be in my hands and in my working this day and always!
Here’s a link to a wonderful article on the Holy Spirit: https://thevalueofsparrows.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/holy-spirit-how-to-envision-the-spirit-by-elizabeth-a-johnson/
