The Spark that ignites

For Pentecost Sunday (23 May this year) here's an image of an oil painting that excites me and says more to me about the Christian celebration of Pentecost ('Whit Sunday') than words can.


It's called 'The Pentecost' and is by the Armenian artist Alexander Sadoyan


If you want some words about the 1st Christians' experience at Pentectost, then read Acts 2: 1-21.


I also found this poem helpful, thanks to 'Rector's Ramblings'

We light a candle 

and enjoy the flickering light 

the fragrance 

and warmth it creates. 

But without the spark that ignites 

there will be no flame 

Without the wax 

the source of power 

the wick will not burn 

Without the flame 

there will be no fragrance 

no warmth, no light. 

And so with us, Lord 

You are the catalyst that ignites us 

and the fuel that sustains us 

You fill us with your fragrance 

as you enter our lives 

You empower us 

to carry your flame in our hearts 

To be the fragrance, 

warmth and light of your love 

in this dark world.

For another Pentecost post see Holy Fire at Pentecost.