Miracles News

October-December, 2004

Ode to Holy Spirit

by Rev. Barbara Kraetsch, O.M.C.

Rev. Barbara Kraetsch I rely on You, Holy Spirit. You are my strength and my Light. I totally trust in You. I see the illusion but I do not trust it. I trust only in You to be my guiding strength. You lead me into peace. You lead me to the still waters of my mind where I can see reflected the truth of what is. I can give my life to You. I do not know the way or the meaning of the illusion and so I give it all to You.

I want to be healed. It is my only desire. I rely on You to be there for me in every step. You support my mind with strength and Light. I surrender to You. I am most willing for You to lead me, to be my only Guide and my only support. I lean on You, giving You the total weight of my burden, knowing that You will take it from me and give me healing in return.

I give You everything I see and feel, and You give me everything eternal in return. I give You anxiety and You give me peace. I give You worry and You give me joy. I give You dissatisfaction and judgment and You give me Love. You take all I have and give me salvation in return. I give you weariness of the world and You show me Heaven in return. In my gratitude I follow You.

You take my hands and lead me gently away from the oppressive burden of illusion I have made. You comfort me and heal me. You take my cares and woes and transform them into glad opportunities to see the power of Your Love. I rely on You. I rely on Your vision of truth to support me. In the vastness, there You are with me most gently and caringly.

There, underneath the illusion, lies the truth fully supporting me. I know I cannot falter or stumble as You are there to place me firmly on the path to God again. You right my feet and my mind, point me into the direction I am to go and then walk with me holding my hand until I can walk again sure footed, listening only to Your Voice.

When I seem afraid, there You are appearing to me as God’s saving Grace. When I am calmed again, there You are as the part of me You always were, not separate but with me still. How miraculous is this Love You bear for me. You bring miracles of Love from Oneness to where I am. You love me always. I know I can rely on this. You show me Love and I follow Love. Love can see only Itself and so I know again that I am only Love. In my following You am I healed from all illusion.

Holy Spirit, I give You gratitude for Your healing Presence, for Your perfect willingness to show me Love, for Your role in bringing me to remembering that I can only follow Love, for Love is all there is. I can be at peace because You help me remember I am one with peace. This is all there is, just peace. In gratitude, in my willingness, I can let illusion slide away and return in this instant to the awareness of what I am in truth because of You, Holy Spirit. Trust turns to gratitude in the miracle of Your Love.

Rev. Barbara Kraetsch is a Pathways of Light minister living in Hartford, Wisconsin.

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