The Holy Spirit will lead you, if you allow it…
The trinity has always made my brain hurt. The father, the son, and the holy spirit. Sometimes my mind will try to figure it all out. I go in circles. I understand and love each part of the trinity but when I think of the three in one, my mind has a hard time comprehending. The Holy Spirit has been a focus of mine for some time now. I understand the father. I understand the son. I somewhat understand the Holy Spirit. During a bible study I attend I realized that part of this has to do with the Holy Spirit always being represented by a dove, wind, or fire. These images interfere with my mind relating the Holy Spirit to a person. When I let go of the images, it is so much easier for me. The Holy Spirit is “RAUCH” breath. The Holy Spirit is movement. The Holy Spirit will guide you here on earth.
I am still learning about the Holy Spirit. I will always be learning about the Holy Spirit. I have prayed that I am able to hear the Holy Spirit in my everyday life. That if the Holy Spirit is leading me somewhere, that I will be able to follow. A small way this has been fulfilled for me is in the making of the rosaries. I pray about them and ask for guidance. I read about the saint and look at some of the prayers of intercession for that saint and look at the different novenas. Then as I’m looking for the right beads to use, I will suddenly know as I look at an image. This is not me. This is a small way the Holy Spirit leads me. Sometimes I don’t listen very well or I don’t understand. There have been two times while making rosaries that it became very clear to me that I had not understood correctly.
The picture for this blog shows two rosaries. The first rosary is the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the second rosary is St. Therese of Lisieux, the little flower. The first two rosaries I created for this site were the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Sacred Heart of Jesus went great. It was easy to put together and I had several made over a weekend. I originally ordered the Pink Rhodonite beads for the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I wasn’t sure if it was the right choice and wanted to see them in person before I made a decision. I gathered all of my supplies, knotted the cord on the centerpiece and tried to thread the beads on. I couldn’t. I tried and tried. The cord would not go through. I spent 3 hours trying the beads from various parts of the strand. None of them worked. I tried using glue on the ends of the string. I tried using my rimel to make the hole in the bead bigger. I tried everything I could think of. I finally put it away and decided to go back and look for different beads. When they came in I was able to make the Immaculate Heart of Mary out of the Rosewood beads with no problems whatsoever. Hmm. Ok. Message received. I had the wrong beads.
Whenever I thought about the pink beads I kept thinking little flower. While looking for some other parts I found the St Therese of Lisieux connector beads and just knew that the pink beads were for the “little flower.” I still had the centerpiece with the white cord and the pink beads that I had tried to use once before. When the connector pieces came in, I got everything out. Same exact beads, same cord, now with the intention to make the rosary for St. Therese of Lisieux. I had no problems using the materials. Hmm. Ok. Message received.
This has happened with one other rosary. Maybe I’ll share that one later.
While this is a little example of being guided by the Holy Spirit, I believe if we can start recognizing the Holy Spirit in the little things, we will be able to recognize the Holy Spirit in big things as well.
