God Outpouring<\/strong><\/a>\nThursday, May 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Effortlessly,<br>\nLove flows from God into [humans]<br>\nLike a bird<br>\nWho rivers the air<br>\nWithout moving her wings.<br>\n. . . Thus we move in [God\u2019s] world<br>\nOne in body and soul, . . .<br>\nThough outwardly separate in form.<br>\nAs the Source strikes the note,<br>\nHumanity sings\u2014<br>\nThe Holy Spirit is our harpist,<br>\nAnd all strings<br>\nWhich are touched in Love<br>\nMust sound.<br>\n<\/em>\u2014Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207\u2013c. 1282\/1294) [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Protestant theologian J\u00fcrgen Moltmann grew up in a secular home in Hamburg, Germany, and was drafted into the German army at age eighteen to fight in World War II. As a prisoner of war, he began reading the Bible and encountered God in the midst of suffering. Moltmann\u2019s theology is hopeful and practical. Here are some of his thoughts on the Spirit: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continually experience the Holy Spirit as both a divine counterpart <em>to whom <\/em>we call, and a divine presence <em>in which<\/em> we call\u2014as the space we live in. There is nothing extraordinary about this. As children we experienced our mothers as both too\u2014as a presence surrounding us and a counterpart calling us. The response to the plea for the Holy Spirit is the Spirit\u2019s coming and remaining, its outpouring and its indwelling. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The astonishing thing is that here the Holy Spirit is seen not just as a divine Person but <em>as a divine element <\/em>too. The Spirit is \u201csent\u201d and \u201ccomes\u201d like a tempest; it spreads itself out over all living things, like the waters of a flood, pervading everything. If the Holy Spirit is God\u2019s Spirit and the special presence of God, then when God\u2019s Spirit is poured out, \u201call flesh\u201d will be deified. All mortal flesh will be filled with the eternal life of God, for what comes from God is divine and eternal like God. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201cthe outpouring of God\u2019s Spirit,\u201d God opens [God\u2019s self] and becomes what the mystic and poet Mechthild of Magdeburg calls \u201cthe outpouring and flowing Godhead.\u201d In the source, the river and the lake, the quality of water is the same, but its flow is graduated. The transition from the Spirit itself to the Spirit\u2019s many different energies . . . is as fluid as an emanation. The divine becomes the all-embracing presence in which what is human\u2014indeed everything that lives\u2014can develop fruitfully and live eternally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indwelling Spirit God Outpouring Thursday, May 23, 2019 Effortlessly, Love flows from God into [humans] Like a bird Who rivers the air Without moving her wings. . . . Thus we move in [God\u2019s] world One in body and soul, . . . Though outwardly separate in form. As the Source strikes the note, Humanity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18051,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions\/18051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Effortlessly,<br>\nLove flows from God into [humans]<br>\nLike a bird<br>\nWho rivers the air<br>\nWithout moving her wings.<br>\n. . . Thus we move in [God\u2019s] world<br>\nOne in body and soul, . . .<br>\nThough outwardly separate in form.<br>\nAs the Source strikes the note,<br>\nHumanity sings\u2014<br>\nThe Holy Spirit is our harpist,<br>\nAnd all strings<br>\nWhich are touched in Love<br>\nMust sound.<br>\n<\/em>\u2014Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207\u2013c. 1282\/1294) [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Protestant theologian J\u00fcrgen Moltmann grew up in a secular home in Hamburg, Germany, and was drafted into the German army at age eighteen to fight in World War II. As a prisoner of war, he began reading the Bible and encountered God in the midst of suffering. Moltmann\u2019s theology is hopeful and practical. Here are some of his thoughts on the Spirit: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continually experience the Holy Spirit as both a divine counterpart <em>to whom <\/em>we call, and a divine presence <em>in which<\/em> we call\u2014as the space we live in. There is nothing extraordinary about this. As children we experienced our mothers as both too\u2014as a presence surrounding us and a counterpart calling us. The response to the plea for the Holy Spirit is the Spirit\u2019s coming and remaining, its outpouring and its indwelling. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The astonishing thing is that here the Holy Spirit is seen not just as a divine Person but <em>as a divine element <\/em>too. The Spirit is \u201csent\u201d and \u201ccomes\u201d like a tempest; it spreads itself out over all living things, like the waters of a flood, pervading everything. If the Holy Spirit is God\u2019s Spirit and the special presence of God, then when God\u2019s Spirit is poured out, \u201call flesh\u201d will be deified. All mortal flesh will be filled with the eternal life of God, for what comes from God is divine and eternal like God. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In \u201cthe outpouring of God\u2019s Spirit,\u201d God opens [God\u2019s self] and becomes what the mystic and poet Mechthild of Magdeburg calls \u201cthe outpouring and flowing Godhead.\u201d In the source, the river and the lake, the quality of water is the same, but its flow is graduated. The transition from the Spirit itself to the Spirit\u2019s many different energies . . . is as fluid as an emanation. The divine becomes the all-embracing presence in which what is human\u2014indeed everything that lives\u2014can develop fruitfully and live eternally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indwelling Spirit God Outpouring Thursday, May 23, 2019 Effortlessly, Love flows from God into [humans] Like a bird Who rivers the air Without moving her wings. . . . Thus we move in [God\u2019s] world One in body and soul, . . . Though outwardly separate in form. As the Source strikes the note, Humanity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18051,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions\/18051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}