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Originally Posted by Zerbie
Love your analogy. 
So, would you characterize the holy spirit as ever-present and more importantly, ever-perceptible? |
Definitely ever-present. There is never a moment when the Spirit is absent. Ever-perceptible? no... but that has more to do with our openess to perceive than with any characteristic of the Spirit him/her/itself.
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This sounds fairly constant to me. Is it then something that does not move in large cyclic phases?
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Can you say more about what you mean by cyclic?
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Darn - I find I can't ask the question any other way to clarify what it is I'm trying to find out. I guess I'm asking if the holy spirit is of the nature of a wave. ?  (Not really sure that's what I'm asking, it's been a long day!)
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The metaphor of "wave" sounds right in my experience. I have never surfed (other than body surfing) but I often think when I'm preaching that this must be what surfing is like. It feels like the Spirit comes up behind and lifts me. There is an element of skill in lining yourself up with the wave and letting it have you at just the right moment but all of the power and energy belong to the wave. Also, if you miss the wave ... there is another one right behind it that offers another new opportunity to ride. Is that what you mean by "cyclic?"