For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 1:5 NIV)
The Acts of the Apostles is Saint Luke's second book (decidedly my favorite). In it, he tells us about their wild ride immediately after Jesus died and rose from the dead. (Just writing that sentence is an exercise in faith!)
Luke starts by telling us that Jesus visited them for forty days giving them many proofs that he was alive. (I am encouraged by this and can imagine what some of the proofs may have been--no doubt Thomas was satisfied, as was Luke, who--let us not forget--was a doctor!)
At some point, Jesus then tells the Apostles not to leave Jerusalem, but rather to wait for the Holy Spirit who will come to them as a gift from the Father.
Soon, our own forty-day waiting season of Lent will end and we'll celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ. And fifty days after that, we will celebrate Pentecost, our remembrance of God's gift of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, and indeed, to us all.
Today, I will ask this living Holy Spirit of God, to lead my every thought, word and action.
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