Context: This prayer arrived early in the morning when I’d only just woken up. There are times when I hide under my duvet, because what I receive feels so awesome, and this was one of those times. Seeing and writing it left me quite shaky for a couple of hours.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1; TIV).
Yahweh,
Maker and Sustainer,
Living, loving
All in all.
Jesus,
Light and truth, divine,
God’s human face,
The Chosen One.
Spirit Being
Sister, Brother,
Breath of God,
Like flame; like dew.
*Elohim,
All One, All Love,
All Ways in me,
And I in you.
We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
(1 John 4:16; NIV).
Notes and acknowledgements
*Elohim: is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural in form, in the Hebrew Bible it usually refers to a single deity, particularly (but not always) the God of Israel. At other times it refers to deities in the plural (Wikipedia).
Spirit: The word for “spirit” (rucha, ruach) in Aramaic and Hebrew, is feminine whereas in Greek (pneuma), it is neutral in gender. On some occasions in the Greek text, masculine verb endings and pronouns are used with the neutral gender word “Spirit” when speaking about the Holy Spirit, and sometimes it is without the definite article – i.e. just “Holy Spirit”.
Although in the Aramaic text rucha is feminine, it also uses masculine grammatical forms with the word. This conveys the male/female attributes of Yahweh carried in His ‘breath’ which of itself is neutral in gender. Being often addressed as “it” and “the”, also confirms that it is another “Person” in a trinity of ‘gods’. The term, “Holy Spirit” is a descriptive title. It is a description given for a specific manifestation of the Father’s Spirit Being (Wikibooks).