Beginning today we start reading John's gospel beginning with the third chapter. Today we read of the meeting between Jesus and a Pharisee called Nicodemus. He seems to be a good man and he recognises the presence of God in Jesus. Jesus says to him, "Unless a man is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." To "see the kingdom of God" is to be consciously aware of God's power and love working in the world in which we live. This is a God-given grace. As often happens, Nicodemus hears Jesus literally and wonders how someone could be born a second time. But Jesus is speaking of a different kind of birth, one that comes "through water and the Spirit." To be born again is to be born of "water and the Spirit," a clear reference to Christian baptism. Flesh only produces flesh (as in natural birth) but the Spirit gives birth to spirit and that is the second birth we all need to undergo. Once we are truly reborn in the Spirit, we let ourselves be led to where God wishes. "The wind blows where it will." The 'wind', 'breath' of the Holy Spirit becomes the sole Guide for our lives. Once we are guided by the Spirit we have put ourselves totally in God's hands ready to be led wherever God wants us to go and learning to "find God in all things."