You will receive power

When the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

then understanding will begin

and you will know what I have said is true.

When the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

then you will see the narrowness

of mortal truth,

you will be humbled

by the limitations of human institutions,

you will laugh at the stumbling attempts

to confine the Almighty

in neat religious boxes.

When the Holy Spirit comes upon you

you may leap and dance with joy,

you may shout in exultation;

you may beat drums,

paint rainbows,

enact mysteries,

create silences of prayer

or dare circuses of dreams.

When the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

there is much that you will want to discard,

that, in freedom’s name,

you may witness, worship

and love.

© Ken Rookes