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PENTECOST THOUGHT 5/31/09

Pentecost:  Ground Zero
 
As a writer, I’ve lectured students about the importance of finding their “voices,” their unique and special ways of expressing themselves.  (Even these simplistic ramblings took about 25 years to evolve.) 
 
Pentecost is when the Apostles got their voices.  This is the exact moment when the old, unreliable Peter (first to race in, first to cut and run) became the rock that Jesus proclaimed.  He and the others — filled with the Holy Spirit — spoke boldly and with such persistence and resolve that, eventually, all but perhaps John were put to death for what they had to say.
 
My point:  Give voice to your faith.  Speak up.  This week, why not end every encounter with a “Good bye and God bless you” (even if nobody has sneezed)?  Cherish your faith.  Share it.  Oh, and God bless you. — jri
 
“Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice and addressed the
crowd.”
    –    Acts 2:14