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Your Anointing

              I am no theologian but I know when I have been anointed to accomplish something for which I not capable.  I remember having a conversation with a young seminarian and mentioning off-handedly that in my ministry to women God gave me an anointing for driving a 15-passenger van and for knitting 100 scarves, among other things.  He was quick to reply that he doubted my claim that the Holy Spirit would anoint me like that.               I felt sorry for him because I realized that he had not yet discovered the fullness of what the Holy Spirit can do in a desperate Christian.  It is truly miraculous.  I was reminded of that conversation this week when I was reading in my daily devotions from 1 John 2:27: As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointin...