The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit
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"When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
Luke 1:41-42

I tried to take a picture of the Holy Spirit today. I realize most pictures are of pretty white doves, but this seemed more appropriate. A shadow, hot and fiery, fleeting. It scares me a bit to think of being filled with the Spirit. You never know when the Spirit might cry out, proclaim, pronounce blessing on things we cannot understand. You never know when the Spirit might recognize God in another human being even when we are too blind to see.