Cleaning out an old file today, I ran across this from 1995:
“Of all the birds. The dove is most easily
alarmed and put to flight at hearing a shot fired. The Holy Spirit is compared to a dove. If you
begin to shoot each other, the heavenly dove will take wing and instantly
leave. The Holy Spirit is one of love and peace, not of tumult and confusion.
He cannot live among the smoke and noise of fired shots. “
This brings to mind a passage from Ephesians which speaks to
grieving the Holy Spirit!
Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but
what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.
30 And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all
bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with
all malice.
32 And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave
you.
Let’s try to remember folks, the Holy Spirit is a dove…..not
a snipe.
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