Mind blowing

Sunday May 11th, Acts 2: 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. We start together in one place, huddled against the elements of change, holding on to what little security we can muster, and then God intervenes. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? We want to hang together with our friends and family, to discuss the same old things and feel the comfort of our tribe. This is especially true in a world that seems to be spinning out of control faster and faster with gas prices up, housing prices down, food prices up, church giving down, work load up, work satisfaction down, faster and faster and faster until we want to scream. Into this world enters God, into this huddle enters God and blows our minds by blowing on us and asking us to look outward. What is mind blowing about it is that it is exactly what we need.