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There is a Great White Dove.  He floats with ease through the world.  Many think they can capture Him, tame Him, keep Him as their own, and teach Him their ways.  His eyes squint in a smile as their hands fashion tools of captivity.  A snare is built with the sturdiest of materials and the hunters stalk with all stealth.  They hear a noise from their hiding place in the reeds.  “Ah hah”, they think!  “He’s going home with me.  I will make Him a treasure in a cage for my children to enjoy.  And I will prosper by His captivity.”  They spring up and rush to their snare.  But as they peer into their contrivance, they find it empty and useless.  He has come and gone as He pleases.

The Lord has sent Him on a mission of captivity for captives.   And He will never be touched by man.  It is man who is touched by Him.  And once touched, all desires to capture Him fade into a vague memory.  Slowly they understand the ways of the Great White Dove.  Eyes opened, hearts set free, materials of captivity forgotten, those He touches yearn to fly with Him.  And captivity becomes a desire of he who is set free.  “Capture me!” They whisper with throats opened wide.  “Capture me into Your beautiful and perfect will.”

He has been called the “Hound of Heaven.”  But He is no dog.  He is free, fast, powerful, and sure, in all His Holy ways.  He is born directly from the fire which surrounds the Holy Throne of God.  The air is His highway.  The ground is His to rest upon.  All creation is a playground in His Holy adventure.  The men of this world cannot touch Him with their filthy little hands.  But once He touches a man, those hands become cleaner than any flesh can become washed.  He is FREEDOM for those who would capture Him.  They become captive to the Loving Dove!  By a kiss from a Dove, men become infected with Holy Love!  And at the slightest desire for love, a man may stretch out his hand to feel the warm and tiny feet of the Great White Dove clasp around his finger.

Freedom, true freedom is found in the worship of God through Jesus.  And freedom is the mission of the Great White Dove.

AMEN!  AMEN!  AMEN!

“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.  You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’  The wind blows wherever it pleases.  You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.  So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”  (John 3:6-8)