C'mon

The favorite prayer in the vesting room at St. Paul's in Foley, AL is one word. Well it is actually a contraction of two words, "C'mon."

It is our prayer for the Spirit. "C'mon."

We pray fully anticipating God to answer our prayer. We pray living into the promise of Jesus in Luke 11:13, "how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" We pray knowing that it is only by the Spirit that our worship is honest. We pray knowing that it is only by the Spirit that our words become sermon. We pray knowing that it is only by the Spirit that we are able to do anything.

As the Collect for Sunday says, "without [God] nothing is strong, nothing is holy"

This is my prayer for you, dear reader, that the Spirit will "c'mon" and fill you up to overflowing. It is a week of prayer, my brothers and sisters, a week in which we hear the stories of God's intention to listen and respond. It is a week, like every other, in which we need the Spirit to show up and make us strong, make us holy.

"C'mon. Amen."