Dense With the Spirit of God

Last night was the final evening of “Seekers On The Way”, our gathering of community listening to God for and with one another; and it had been the one of those days!  The “committee” was in session, spreading gossip throughout the fertile grounds of my mind. 

·      “Who do you think you are, Carol?”

·     “What do you know about anything spiritual, you haven’t even read the entire bible!  Heck, you’re lucky if you can guess in which testament to find a certain book!”

·      “Who’s going to come to “Seekers” the day after the 4^th of July?”

You get the idea; on and on it went, as each committee member expressed their opinion on my lack of qualifications! 

And then He showed up.

As I watched the chairs fill in our larger circle, I whispered a silent prayer of thanks.  It seems God is bigger than tiredness that comes the day after a holiday.

While reading the poem and scripture selected for the evening, the Presence was palpable.  In the silence during the lectio, I heard His voice; “Carol, you don’t have to be a bible scholar.  I can use you just as you are.”

But it was during the small group, that the Holy Spirit could be felt weaving in and out of each person’s experience.  It is perhaps futile to attempt attaching words to moments such as these, but I like to call them the “beyond times”.

As we were cleaning up at the conclusion of the evening, I was hugging a friend and said, “Tonight was one of those times when I know beyond a shadow of a doubt there IS a God.  He showed up, didn’t he?” 

And her very astute response; “Tonight was dense with the Spirit of God.”

Oh yes, my committee adjourned!