Tuesday, December 27, 2005
OPEN-SHUT
OPEN-SHUT
By Sally I. Kennedy, ©2005
Dec 27, 2005
... the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach
you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
-John 14:26
A pint-sized, freckle faced girl, in a red dress and sandals was
walking back and forth in the market, waiting for her grandmother. She
had discovered the magic place on the mat. It was too irresistable; she
continued jumping onto the mat, spreading her arms wide as if
saying,"Open sesame!" The sliding glass door would open. She'd run off;
it would close. Then the scenario would repeat.
Open, shut. She was fascinated by it. I couldn't help but think how
like that we are. Open, shut. We open ourselves to new things, then
shut down. We open up to intimacy in relationships and sometimes shut
that down. We open up to new ideas, then shut down and stick with the
old.
When our spirits are open, we are teachable. When closed, we aren't.
When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit sets up a classroom inside
of us. He is our teacher. If our spirits are open, then He can teach
us. If closed, He can't.
Hopefully my spirit is open to what the Lord wants to show me. However,
perhaps during the times it is closed, it would be good to remember the
little girl in the red dress and her great excitement to see the door
fly open once again. Open - shut.... open!
Irish Thursdays, devotionals by Sally I. Kennedy, ©2005
http://www.sallyikennedy.com/IrishThursdays.html
PRAYER
"Lord, you guide me by the light of your saving truth. Fill my heart
and mind with your light and truth and free me from the blindness of
sin and deception that I may see your ways clearly and understand your
will for my life. May I radiate your light and truth to others in word
and deed."
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