{"id":211,"date":"2012-09-14T01:48:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2012-10-27T00:59:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T00:59:33","slug":"flame-wind-and-dove","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=211","title":{"rendered":"Flame, Wind and Dove"},"content":{"rendered":"<address lang=\"zxx\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F64193142&visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>In the unrelenting night, I have hungered for your light<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>And found more darkness.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>In a world not set apart, I have gone to seek my heart<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>And come back heartless.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>O Holy Spirit, gentle Dove of heaven&#8217;s will,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Come and heal me, come and make the storm winds still.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>For I cry in the loneliness of sin.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Won&#8217;t you sing your gentle song in to my haunted din?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>I&#8217;ve no comfort, no solace, no peace.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy Whisper, please come and announce release.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>For I hunger, Lord, to rest on the softeness of Your feathered breast.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Remind me of grace in the great Savior&#8217;s love<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy Spirit, True God, gentle Dove.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>In this world where pain is real I have claimed compassion&#8217;s zeal<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>But found it hollow.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>I should serve a world in need, and I have prayed for You to lead<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>But I don&#8217;t follow.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>O Holy Spirit, driving Wind of mercy&#8217;s hand,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Come and move me, come and raise this settled sand.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Love&#8217;s becalmed in my selfish doldrum seas.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Raise the waves of love&#8217;s impatience with injustice and disease.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Blow into me and billow my sails;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy service made strong in compassion&#8217;s gales.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Move me forward from thought into deed,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Serving in a world of desperate need.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>O be my love&#8217;s power where compassion has thinned,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy Spirit, True God, mighty Wind.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Though I know the blinding light in the beatific sight<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>I cannot see it.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>I would let the holy flash burn my soul to love and ash<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>If you would free it.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>O Holy Spirit, awesome Flame of heaven&#8217;s fire,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Come consume me with eternity&#8217;s desire.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Burn me speechles at the glory of Your face:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>The unbearable delight within the shelter of Your grace.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Come ignite me, enkindle my praise,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Wetted tinders that burst into wondering blaze.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Love unbrideled like the wild angels roared:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>&#8220;Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!&#8221;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Melt me and burn me at the sound of Your name,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy Spirit, True God, burning Flame.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Come Lord, remake me in power and love,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>Holy Spirt, Flame Wind and Dove.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address lang=\"zxx\"><strong>(Inspired by Alva Steffler&#8217;s triptych)<\/strong><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the unrelenting night, I have hungered for your light And found more darkness. In a world not set apart, I have gone to seek my heart And come back heartless. 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