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John J. Kelly
, June 22, 2015
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A woman, working as a healthcare consultant, is driving on a freeway in Texas. She finds herself disoriented and “walled in on both sides by corn fields at least five feet high.” It’s unfamiliar territory and she is suddenly caught in the middle of an intersection, with a large, white speeding care headed straight for impact. She sees neither a driver nor passenger inside this oncoming car. “Impact was eminent….”my life flashed before me and I knew it was over.” And then just “silence and stillness.”
What happens next in Ivy Adjivon’s spiritually inspiring, “Ignited By The Holy Spirit,” is literally miraculous. Adjivon’s description of her salvation is a compelling testament to surrendering to God and the Holy Spirit. She writes of how she felt her car “engulfed and lifted up in a thick wind,” as a “the entire vehicle to the opposite side of the freeway.”
In the astounding moments that followed Ivy Adjivon begins to understand that she has experienced “a deliverance.” She recounts how it had been an extraordinary day, from the time she awoke and, during prayers, felt “a sudden engulfing…like being wrapped up in a blanket, from head to toe, on a chilly winter morning.” She knew she was in the hands of “the Holy Spirit of God.”
“Whenever the presence of the Lord is made manifest,” Ivy writes, “it becomes easy to surrender one’s spirit, soul, and body.” The author urges readers to always open their hearts and pay attention to the Holy Spirit. “If he is stirring you to worship right now, listen to Him and do it,” regardless of what is being asked.
“Ignited By The Holy Spirit,” is a spiritual guide for those ready to be “born again” and to live in concert with the Lord. Quoting again and again from scripture, she instructs readers “to come to God without any agenda, silencing all other voices including our own” so that we can receive, with “open hearts” eternal life.
This is an incredible example of faith; a lesson plan for those searching for meaning and an enduring reminder that all one has to do to receive the blessings of God is to “be still, be silent, and believe.”
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