The Holy spirit is a soft loving whisper pulling me along, and my mind is a rambunctious maze of an overpowering loud scream. Game of Thrones has nothing on the war of my mind. Who will win the iron thrown of my mind? The spirit of God? The voices of the devil? Everyday is an uncertainty.
The thing is, is that I know I am not the only one who struggles with a mind war, and I can say with 100% certainty that you are not alone with your struggles. Even as a believer there are days where I allow the enemy a place in my mind, and this happens more often than I would like to admit.
Fortunately, it is not me who gets to decide who does the most work in my mind. I came to Christ as a child, and I never thought my testimony meant that much (a lie and a story for another time), but the truth is that the Holy Spirit holds me. No matter how screwed up my mind gets the Holy Spirit’s grasp never waivers, and to me that is just bozonkers.
I would have said adios to someone like me years ago, but the Holy Spirit just keeps inviting me into fellowship with Him. The Holy Spirit persistently tells me that no matter how screwed up I feel I am worth it. Some days it is incredibly annoying, and other days it is the only thing that keeps me alive. I may not be able to explain the Holy Spirit, but nothing, nothing, can take away the truth of His presence in my life. I am an example that the Spirit of God is alive, and willing to work in the hearts of the broken. My friends so are you!
At this moment, I am depressed, on my second (or maybe third) glass of champagne, and my mind is screaming the devils lies. BUT, there is a small whisper. A small whisper that I can barely hear. A small whisper that tells me to keep fighting, so I will. That small whisper is hope and promise. The whisper says that I win. I do win. In the end I will stand in eternal glory.
To my brothers and sisters, the Spirit whispers in your ear too. We need the Spirit and we need each other. We need each other to help point out the soft loving whisper in each other’s lives. To my peeps who are nonbelievers: I love you! But I hope one day to stand in glory with you! Don’t be afraid to listen to that odd whisper. And believe me it can be incredibly odd and weird, but that doesn’t mean it is not solid undeniable truth.
Inspiration
Verses
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
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