Jesus' declaration, "The spirit is like the wind that blows where it will," is the saving grace of Christianity. Everything else about Christianity is washed clean by the realization that "Sometimes it is like that, and sometimes it is like this!" "Sometimes we do it this way, and sometimes we do it that way." "Sometimes it is up and sometimes it is down." "Sometimes it is left and sometimes it is right." "Sometimes it is yes, and sometimes it is no." "Sometimes it is Yin and sometimes it is Yang." What is it time for Here/Now? is always the question. Never mind how it was then/there, or how it will be then/there. What is called for Here/Now is the question! And, because "The spirit is like the wind that blows where it will," we have carte blanche permission to do whatever the situation calls for in doing what needs to be done Here/Now no matter what. Now, with that as the foundation/ground/basis of Christianity, the entire world is changed, "like that"! Throw out the doctrines, the dogma, the catechisms, the rules and regulations, and simply do what is required by the circumstances at hand-- doing what needs to be done when, where and how it needs to be done in each situation as it arises all your life long! What a beautifully freeing concept! What a wonderfully appropriate response to every moment of every day! How completely exactly what we have always needed! To do what is needed-- Here/Now always and forever! Let those who have ears hear! Let those who have eyes see! And step into the next moment as those who have what it takes to meet the moment as it needs to be met and to do there what needs to be done, when, where and how it needs to be done, always and forever. Amen!
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