In moments when I am worshiping and seeking the face of God, I forget the individual parts and praise them as an entity. Other times though, often in prayer, I reach out to Jesus or the Father for help or to give thanks. Without the Spirit we lose the benefits of the father through Jesus' life and death upon the cross. In a strange way the concept of the Spirit reminds me of my Kombucha. Kombucha is a bacteria-yeast tea that originated in Russia in the 1800s. The way it works is that you brew green and flavored tea, take the bacteria-yeast patty and lay it out flat in the tea, and then place the jar in a dark place for eight days. In this time the bacteria-yeast patty asexually reproduces another patty on top of it and releases probiotics into the tea that help with your immune system, hair & nail growth/health, and gives you energy; i.e. it sustains you. However, if I take just the Kombucha baby (what they call the bacteria-yeast patty) and flaunt it around talking about the benefits but never fill my body with the tea I gain nothing. I'd have all the tools but would not be utilizing them (which is what I've been doing with my Kombucha baby until I received the rest of the equipment to cultivate it in tonight). In the same manner if I'm not constantly seeking to drink from the Spirit I fail to utilize God as a whole, I only have the parts that produced the sustainer.
This blog started as a journal, became a one way conversation with my friend Aimee, and is now a way for me to explore myself and how I engage with life.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Greatest Kombucha
Seek God. Who is God though? God is the Trinity- the father, son, and holy spirit. It's become quite clear to me that although I say I seek God I've been ignorantly mistaken. I seek the father and son but tend to forget the importance of seeking the Holy Spirit and thus do not seek God in his entirety. The Spirit is often referred to as the sustainer or life-giver, how reckless it is of me neglect such an integral part of who God is.
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