“The clearest window is never seen.”

As a Christian, I believe that the central focus of this earthly life should be on Jesus Christ. And yet, in all practicality, nearly every heavenly connection is founded and centered around the Holy Ghost. So, are these two things in conflict with one another?

There is no conflict because Jesus is always the center and object of desire, and yet the Holy Spirit is the means to this communion. I think of the Holy Spirit as a window, and Jesus Christ as the object being viewed through this window.

Truly, I seek as much as I possibly can to be near this window, to keep its view unobstructed, and to always rely on this window. And yet at the same time, within this dependence, it is not really the window that I seek, but the things which the window lets me see.

I think Jesus said something akin to this in John 16:

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” -John 16:13-14

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