Today, i went for a run in this beautiful weather (but i confess that I walked most of the way!). As all of you who were outside at all today know, it was crazy windy!!! As I was walking down a hill to lake wylie, I felt something that I had never felt before: the wind was so windy that i felt like if i had tried to sit down, it would hold me up. I felt like it was a chair giving me a place to rest. I felt like the wind was literally holding me and wrapping its arms around me. I immediately thought about how I have recently just wanted to sit in God's arms, snuggle up to Him, and never get up. I think God sent me that wind as a reminder that He IS holding me!
On my walk back, I was thinking about how easy it was to walk when the wind was pushing me. But when the wind stopped for a second and i had to do it on my own, it seemed harder. I cannot walk the journey of life alone. I need Someone more powerful; Someone who knows what is ahead to guide me and to hold me while i walk this journey. God is that person. i can always rely on Him. However, if I try to turn the other way and push against Him, the journey is harder. It requires more of my own strength. I can no longer use the "wind's" strength because i am going in the opposite direction.
God is my wind, and He will never stop blowing. I will never again have to experience walking my journey alone. My Wind is the strength that keeps me walking.
