What matters is to ‘personally experience God’ and His ‘ocean of love’. Photo: Photo: wavebreaker / flickr CC.
Filled by the Spirit
Allan Holmes reflects on the heart of the Quaker message
‘The Quaker position is really summed up in the words “John indeed baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit.” It is the inward change, the inward purification, the spiritual fact and not the outward symbol that belongs in truth to the Kingdom of God.’ John Wilhelm Rowntree, 1902, Quaker faith & practice 27.37 ‘…While respecting the experiences and opinions of others, do not be afraid to say what you have found and what you value.’ Advices & queries 5 ‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and then all else, including Healing and other Spiritual Gifts, will become clear. Spiritual Healing is one of the fruits of our worship, meditation and prayer life, not merely the physical. Seen from the outside, release from pain and suffering can often border on the miraculous, but even more amazing is the inner fruitage, as lives are changed, and peace and harmony take the place of inner turmoil. The key to it all is meditation and prayer. Jim Pym What Kind of God, What Kind of Healing? Friends Fellowship of Healing publication
