Written piece
The spirit personage
porsha vakatuturagana
Fiji
About this piece
A personal testimony of the Holy Spirit as a constant companion that teaches, protects and urges the writer toward those in need. It recalls a friend noticing she walked alone but unafraid, and describes how invoking the Spirit could soften the hardest family quarrel into reconciliation.
Nearer than anything
To my soul
My family have believed and said
Lives a wise , glorious spirit
It comforts,
It teaches,
It protects from all wickedness and
cannot do one wrong.
I didn't think this was true
Until I heard it gently
urging me to do right when my eid
just wanted to do wrong.
It had urged me to stand
unknowingly for those in great
need's path.
And it also stood for me when I was
in need of direction, comfort and
healing and companionship.
It became my bestfriend.With the
spirit I walked like an army had my
back and there was an unseen army
indeed of angels.
A friend commented" Porsha when
in school I used to notice you- you
were alone but you walked as if you
were in the company of brave
people- you walked with no fear".
I said" I was walking with the spirit".
When families rivaled over silly
matters, the very mention of the
presence of the holy spirit could
melt the hardest diamond of a heart
and bring everyone to their knees.
The Holy spirit is a parent spirit -
the manna in all of us - the bridge
always to doing good .
It is our third deity besides God and
the Saviour .
A beckoning parent who watches
from the side beckoning one to
safety and truth.
It can save from hell only when
called upon - acts upon invitation
and never force .
Without the spirit dwelling in our
temple , like a HIV virus the temple
becomes vulnerable to possession.
The antidote is seeking forgiveness
and confessing the wrong we have
done against ourselves and others.
Once reconciled with our soul
and our maker and the wronged we
enjoy its companionship again.
Life becomes bearable, tolerable
and peaceful yet not without pain.
A beautiful cannot live without
parent-our manna that translates
globally far beyond our
imagination.
The spirit parent is essential to keep
more than partner and more than
friend.
A companion in this life and the next.