Windy days are happy days for me. I love to walk when the trees are swaying and the grass ripples with the wind moving over it. Not violent wind. Just strong wind. It makes me mindful that I’m not walking in “nothingness”. That this wonderful mysterious air that sustains life is all around us. We do not live in a void.

Most days, we probably never give a second thought to air. We take it for granted and just assume it will always be there. One reason I love wind is that it is a reminder to me… life as I know it would never exist without it.

I have one of those garden “whirligigs”. It’s similar to a sunburst. I can see it from my kitchen. It is two pieces. The two pieces turn in opposite directions. So interesting to watch, especially when the wind is strong. It is a simple thing, but it gives me great joy.

That garden sculpture makes me think of Holy Spirit. The Ruach of God. The whirligig just sits there never moving. Air surrounding it. There is no movement until the wind blows. The power of the wind moves the whirligig. It becomes beautiful and does what it was created to do…spin.

I know this is so simple. But I need to confess, sometimes I move when there is no Holy Spirit power available. Sometimes, I do my best to be still when the Spirit is blowing so hard I should fly into space! In the dear and precious times I do move in His power and not mine…He does amazing things I could never accomplish…things I would not even think of! Those times I move when I am supposed to move are the times I am who I was created to be …like the whirligig.

So I am doing my best to dwell in the Spirit (just like I live in the air surrounding me) but remembering to be obedient to Him and not myself.

When you see a windmill or one of those whirligigs, think of Holy Spirit. He is living within us and His power is available to Believers.