The Spirit both nurtures contemplation and empowers action; the Spirit guides us into a life in which these moments of stillness and action, silence and energy are balanced.
In the Christian tradition, the language of the Holy Spirit is not only one of breath, attention, and presence, but also a language of energy and fire. The experience of the Spirit is not only the experience of calm insight, but also the experience of power and empowerment.
(Diana L. Eck from Encountering God; A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras)
A suggestion for prayer and meditation:
What Spirit-filled action can you take today? Just choose one small thing that you know you can follow through on. It doesn't have to be loud or radical or something that you commit to for the rest of your life. It just needs to be an expression of the Spirit of Love that God causes to flow through you like an energetic electric current.
Patty Fox 40 days with 40 Christian mystics
I've been pondering this since the early hours of this morning and the two words which have suddenly struck me are "power" and "empowerment", which causes me to wonder where the power lies within my denomination and who is in need of empowerment.
My spirit-filled action is to continue to question and challenge inequalities and power imbalance within the church I know is flawed but still love.
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