Wind and Spirit
The wind is ripping through my neighborhood currently. I’ve always liked the sound of wind at night, and couple an open, wind-prone cornfield immediately to the south with vinyl siding and you get the perfect recipe for a good howl. By the sound of it, I probably wouldn’t be able to maintain my footing outside if I shed another 20 pounds.
The wind blows where it wills, and so does the Spirit, which brings up one of my latest reading endeavors. (As an aside, I intend at some point to have links on the side to the books I’m currently reading as I think it would give some perspective to where some of my thoughts or current musings derive.) I started a book this morning called There’s So Much More, which is about the Holy Spirit and I imagine it’s from a charismatic perspective as the author is, or at least was, big into that scene. (As another aside, it was given to me by a friend who died tragically a couple years ago; please keep him and his family in your prayers.)
In theory, I have no problem with the charismatic movement. Charismatic prayer is scriptural. I’ve been around it enough and actually enjoy being in its presence. I like being prayed over. Yet I’m always wary of it and anyone who bases their spirituality on charisms as Scripture also tells us they are the lowest of the gifts. Perhaps I’m too much a rationalist, yet it seems a lot of the participants in this aren’t discerning spirits; it’s as though they presume any action or reaction that occurs while praying this way is from the Lord, forgetting that the devil can appear as an angel of light or that they could be delusional.
I hope this book won’t disappoint. I need more intimacy with the Holy Spirit and can’t think of any other works I own on the subject, so it’s my choice by default. Maybe this will be a good primer, or maybe it will be exactly what I need. I just hope it has solid Catholicism and sound reason behind it.
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