When I think of the fear and discomfort summoned up by mentioning the Holy Spirit, I have to laugh at the irony of being spooked by the Comforter. Sometimes I secretly yearn for the spectacular -- fits of ecstasy, miraculous answers to prayer, resurrection, healings, -- when the Holy Spirit chiefly offers a slow, steady progression toward the end God desires all along: the gradual reconstruction of my fallen self…
-- Philip Yancey in Reaching for the Invisible God
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