The Holy Spirit, alive in me.
I’ve always been entranced with words, their origins, their meaning, (for lack of a better phrase) their mouth feel. A few years ago, I listened to a talk Tim Mackie gave on seeing the Holy Spirit throughout the Bible. Tim mentioned the Hebrew word for Holy Spirit is ruach, pronounced like roo-aak or roo-acht, which more literally translates to “wind” or “breath.”
Take a moment to say it out loud, ruach.
Force the air out of your lungs, ruach.
Breathe new air into your body, ruach.
Feel your muscles contract, ruach.
Feel your muscles release, ruach.
There’s a strange and beautiful mystery regarding the Holy Spirit and the Trinity. We know so much about God, the Father, and Jesus, the Son, but the Holy Spirit is present, just maybe not in the same tangible or visible forms. We can’t even read the first five verses of Genesis without being met by the fascinating fact, “And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” (Genesis 1:2) Literally, the third sentence in the Bible comments that The Spirit was present. The Holy Wind was above the Earth, waiting, hovering. This same sacred breath mixed with dust to form the men and women.
The oxygen that fills your lungs is life-giving. The Spirit that fills your body is life-giving.
The Holy Spirit
alive in me.