God's Spirit, as a rising gale, tears down our false tranquility; come surging through our settled minds, demolish our complacency! God's Spirit, as the breath of life, creation's source and guide and goal, breathe life into our souls again; restore our faith and make us whole. God's Spirit, as an icy blast, strike through the scorching enmity that burns our human love to ash; extinguish all hostility. God's Spirit, as a healing breeze, stream gently through our troubled days, to set us on our feet again, with confidence, delight, and praise. God's Spirit, fierce and wild, and yet unfolding like a mother's womb, surprise us: bring us, newly born, with Jesus leaping from the tomb!