This morning I find myself energized! I think it is mostly because I got over eight hours of sleep last night and I had been sleep deprived for several nights due to schedule, watching Hurricane Ike (concerned for family) and Owen who had been waking over and over at night. So, all that to say that one can feel like they can do anything with a good nights sleep.
This brings me to a recent thought that has been circling in my head about how the Holy Spirit empowers us to live the life God desires for us. I recently started the Beth Moore Bible study Living Beyond Yourself, on the fruit of the Spirit. We will be doing this study in the woman’s Bible study at Calvary, Study and Share, which you have heard me talk about before. I am looking forward to continuing the study with other ladies and having the opportunity to teach (what a joy!!).
The first two weeks of the study focus on Galatians and the work and person of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the one part of the trinity that we shy away from talking about very much. Or at least that is true in some denominations. And our difference in doctrine drives us to separate ourselves so completely from what we do not agree with that we loose some of the greatness of the truth. We even go so far as to refer to the Spirit as “it” rather than “he”, and the Bible refers to him as “he”. He is the power, energy the very breath and wind of God’s action, and He is personal! In Genesis 1 the Spirit is the power in creation. In Acts 2 the Spirit enables the disciples to tell the mighty works of God.
I want to understand the Spirit and his work in my life. I want to be living in the Spirit and not in the flesh! This morning it appears to me that my good nights sleep is a bit of an analogy with life in the Spirit verses life in the flesh. In the flesh I am worn out and tired,in much need of sleep! In the Spirit it is as if I just awoke from a good nights sleep feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. And He is so much more than that!! Maybe it is similar to if I went and got myself a cup of coffee and after drinking it, I then felt that I could take on the world 
(caffeine does that to me!)
I am looking forward to pondering the Holy Spirit, His work in my life and the fruit He produces. Hopefully, I will be more like Him in the end feeling refreshed and energized!
