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A Jewish Wedding

Today I went to a Jewish wedding, the first I've ever attended.  The service was beautiful,  in the woods, overlooking a creek.  I liked the traditions the Rabbi told us about, I assume because most of the attendees were not Jewish.  Anyway, the tradition of breaking the glass is one I enjoyed the most.  According to the Rabbi, in ancient times there were thought to be many demons around, and the sound of the breaking glass would scare the demons away.  The Rabbi said we still have demons that need to be scared away, the demons of jealousy, disrespect, anger and indifference.  I appreciated the analogy.  These and many other things can be demons in a marriage.  

Creator God/Why now?

For the past couple of years I've been exploring, somewhat sporadically, spirituality.  Periodically I come upon something that makes sense, in a fleeting sort of way.  Then, the next day,  I don't really remember the details of the experience, only the essence of the experience.  The "ah HAH" of the experience.  Maybe here I can capture some of the "ah Hah" to re-read later. 

One such ah hah came while listening to Oprah and Eckart Tolle discuss chapter 9 f his book "A New Earth".  It wasn't from the book, it was from an email one of the listener's sent in.  She said that through reading this chapter she was able to understand the Holy Trinity better.  The Father, God, our creator, His Son Jesus, who he sent to us and who died on the cross for us and the Holy Spirit.  What, who? Is the Holy Spirit?  The woman on the email explained the Holy Spirit as that which is inside of us and weaves its way through all of us to unite us.  God sent the Holy Spirit when Jesus left this world.  

I've probably totally bastardized the theology of the Christian Faith.  However, I really like the idea of "Spirit God" who weaves us all into a Tapestry of His Creation.