Breath

"God breathed into the man's nostrils the breath of life," Genesis 2:7.

God breathed. The breath of life. Breath. Wind. Spirit. From the very get go, God Spirited the Spirit of life into the earthy clay figure. The same Wind that blew over the primordial watery abyss, now blew into the clay man. The same Spirit that brooded over the fathomless depths. This Wind. This Spirit. This Breath, God breathed it into the clay model. And as the Wind of God breathed into it, the earthy form became a living man. The Holy Spirit makes lifeless things live. That's what the Spirit of God does.

We meet with a brother or sister enlivened by God's Spirit within us. And together we live out a new life of praise, of service to the one God over all, through all, and in all.