In The Spirit

An event that I’ve always remembered took place in the 1970’s. The charismatic renewal was growing in the church where I was an assistant. One night the whole church had a progressive dinner with everyone ending up at the church for dessert. The organist and I were standing outside the sanctuary chatting. As we talked, a recently baptized in the Spirit believer, Linda,
walked out of the sanctuary. Her face was visibly aglow with the Spirit. It was unmistakable. The organist asked her “What happened to you ? You look radiant!” Unaware of the glow (Exodus 34:29), Linda simply responded, “I was just in the church praying.” Thirty years later when we visited Linda and her husband I retold the story. Linda wept. (See Gen
34:29-35, Acts 6:15 and 2 Cor.3:13,18)