God persisted in making the impossible possible, the empty full, and scary things safe – and God continues to take that kind of action in us. God is the one taking the initiative to work in our lives. God persists, so I invite you, with me, to try to move from fear to confidence in God’s great work.

So, there is hope in our waiting, even during discouraging times. The hope is in God, and God is also in us – in God’s Spirit present in our prayer, in each other, and in our efforts to become woke, our striving to grow into the people God is creating us to be. It’s in our community-building and care for each other, a mirror of God’s care for us.

I never really fall out of love with God, and I know that God never falls out of love with me. I know that. And yet, sometimes I doubt.

Since that profound experience of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Spirit has continued to speak, chattering away, trying to get our attention, moving us and stirring our hearts. If we pay attention, we can hear it.