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\"Road
\nScotland (photo: Irene Bom)
\n <\/p>\n

\nThe Gift booklet<\/strong><\/a>
\n12-part series of readings and
\nprayer poems on the Holy Spirit\n<\/div>\n
\nOn writing prayer poems<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nActs 1:8<\/strong> (NIV)
\nJesus said: \u2018You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.\u2019\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reflection<\/h4>\n

Like ripples,
\nlike soundwaves,
\nlike seeds carried aloft by the wind,
\nmay we leave traces
\nof the Spirit-transformed,
\nSpirit-transforming
\nlife within us,
\ntraces that echo on
\nand bear fruit.
\nAmen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

by Irene Bom<\/p>\n\n

Related Scriptures<\/strong>
\n2 Corinthians 2:14-16<\/a><\/p>\n\n

A true story<\/strong>
\nTalking about “seeds carried aloft by the wind”, I was sitting on a terrace in Amsterdam recently, next to the tram track. The wind and passing trams regularly sent the heaps of elm tree seeds a-swirling around me. That evening I found one of the seeds had found its way to my home in Rotterdam. It was lodged under my bra!<\/p>\n\n

Tip<\/strong>
\nThe Pray as you go<\/a> website has a short 5-part retreat on the Acts of the Apostles<\/a>. Listen to the story of the early Christian community, and discover what effect the Resurrection of Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost had on that first, very small group of Jesus\u2019 followers. By reflecting on this, we can discern the promptings of the Holy Spirit in our own lives, and open ourselves more fully to the spirit of Pentecost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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