The snow is falling and the cold
air is freezing to the skin. It started this morning at about 10 degrees. Where
it is now - 9:23 am - I am not sure. Still cold. Snow falls and the sun shines.
That is a beautiful combination. I lean toward liking the sun shine more than
the snow fall, though.
I'm reading an article about Lent.
These are some of the comments in this article. "In my recent reading
about creativity, I have stumbled over this concept in many places 'the on/off
pulse of creativity.' Those who have studied the creative process are aware
that we don't have the physical, emotional, and/or spiritual capacity to be on
all the time. For anything new or novel to come from our minds, our lives, we
must press in at times and then back off at other times. In the pressing in, we
dive deeply into the heart of the creative process. In backing off, we create
space for...the Spirit to enter. Both are necessary for something new or novel
to emerge from our lives."
This strikes a cord in me. I and a
couple other people are fasting a couple meals one day per week. That is a weekly
reminder for me to pray for the nation of Haiti. By having this season of
fasting, I am again experiencing a sense of pulsation in my week. It is as
though the one day of fasting and pray has become like the electric charge
which our heart receives and the muscle is stimulated to pump blood throughout
our body. Without that electric charge, we would die because it is necessary
for the blood to circulate and not stagnate.
The Spirit is like that. It needs
to be stimulated so that it will
circulate. The Spirit of God and the human spirit, by design, are movers and
groovers. They have a certain rhythm (and blues) to it.
What is it that at the present
stimulates the Spirit within you? Just a thought.
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