The Holy Spirit and Me

The Holy Spirit And Me-I had been thinking about writing about the Holy
Spirit when it was "suggested" to me that I write about the emotional
turmoil that I am in right now. In the meantime, we had a sermon about the
Holy Spirit at church about the Holy Spirit. I find that happens quite
often. I hear at church the same thing that I either plan to write on or
have just written about. Anyway, I thought I would share some ways that the
Holy Spirit is helping me through this ordeal.

The Bible speaks of the Holy Spirit as the Helper. Being as there is very
little that I can do on my own and being that, many times, there is no
person around to help me, I have learned to depend on the Holy Spirit for a
lot. The one area I especially use the Holy Spirit a lot. That is to remind
me of things. I can't put in in my phone and expect the phone to remind me!
When I have something that I want to remember, I simply ask the Holy Spirit
to remind me and He always does. There are times that I need a nurse but,
because l can't use a call bell, I have no way to get hold of one. Usually,
I just holler until one of them hears me. There have been times, though,
that I have asked the Holy Spirit to send somebody and He has. There are
more ways that I depend on the Holy Spirit for help but I just mention one
more. These blogs. First of all, I depend on the Holy Spirit to give me a
topic to write about and He does. Though it may not be what I would have
chosen for myself. Then, I really depend on Him for the words to say.
Sometimes, in my mind, I do have an outline of points I want to make but I
depend on the Holy Spirit to fill in that outline. Other times, I may just
have a title. I start writing and the Holy Spirit supplies the words,

However, the Amplifed version of the Bible uses a few other words to
describe the Holy Spirit. I think that I will mention each one and how they
relate to me. The first word is Comforter. I will be honest, there are times
that I feel like, most of all, I just need somebody to comfort me. At those
times, I am so tempted to e-mail somebody and see if that person has any
comfort for me. I don't, though, for two reasons. First, most times, I don't
have the energy to write an e-mail and, more importantly, how can I expect
people who have never been through what I am going through to give me the
comfort that I long for? Only the Holy Spirit can do that. There are plenty
of times, when I am crying and upset, that I feel the presence of the Holy
Spirit very strongly.

Another word used is Advocate. An advocate is somebody who pleads or speaks
for somebody else. I know that  God knows my situation and has it all under
control but it still blesses me me to think that the Holy Spirit is
advocating, or putting in a good word for me.

Somewhat related . The Holy Spirit is also called the Intercessor. An intercessor also pleads for somebody. Only the word intercessor implies an element of prayer. I have read that Jesus prays for us but I never thought that the Holy Spirit was praying for me as well. Wow! Can't beat that! Human prayer is great but They know exactly what to pray.

The Holy Spirit is the Counselor. He gives advice, guides and directs. I may not have the major decisions that other people do, like where to live or who to marry, but I still need His advice and direction. For example. I did not want to write these blogs but I asked the Holy Spirit and He "advised" me to do. Now I depend on His guidance for a topic and what to write about that topic.

The Holy Spirit is the Strengthener. If there is anything I need right now it strength. Strength just to get through each day. But I know that, in myself, I don't have the strength it takes. The Holy Spirit does, though. I don't know how  but, somehow He has gotten me through all these years and will continue to be my Strengthener until the end.

The key to all this, though, is He is our Standby. He is always on alert, waiting for us to ask for His help. But, if we don't, He will let us muddle along on our own. Until we get ourselves in such a mess that we cry out to Him for help. Then He is right there.

As I was writing this, I realized something. Yes, I do access the Holy Spirit more than some people. Simply because, on my own. I can't do things most people take for granted. However, I realized I could, and should, be asking for help from the Holy Spirit a LOT more often.