I admit that since I can remember I have seen the wind as my enemy. First, my hair is all over the place. Second, whatever particles are swirling around in the air at 25 mph always end up in my contacts and therefore make my eyes hurt like nothing I've ever felt. Third, walking and getting in and out of a car is almost impossible.
I remember this one time while growing up in W. Texas. I was walking back into the high school after an extraordinary lunch at Paula's. (What memories! What I wouldn't give for one of those chicken tacos! )The wind was blowing about 30-40 mph as it always does. For some reason, I took my contact out of my eye while walking up to the school. (stupid!) Yes, you guessed it. There went my tiny, blue contact. *GASP* How would I ever find it? I didn't, but a really great friend did. (thank you! thank you!)
Now, I like to think of myself as a person full of gratitude, but the wind is one thing that I really need to work on. I try to be thankful for such an important part of nature and our lives.
Wind is really important. Wind disperses seeds as it blows and helps to provide many different types of transportation. Wind can also create energy in forms of electricity and therefore, causes change. This is the thought that I keep getting stuck on.
One reason I love the wind is because you can feel it and hear it, but you can never touch it. Though, you always know it is there. Lately it is has been around a lot. Each time I walk outside the past week, I've become more aware and conscious of my dislike of it's presence.
Faith.
I have never really struggled with my faith. When I am faithful in something or someone, it comes full force. I'm faithful that prayers can be answered. But faithful that it isn't prayer alone that causes change. Just as it isn't the wind alone that causes energy or change. We have to take that step, jump off that cliff, be still and just let the wind blow around us in some cases.
Lately, I feel the winds of change in my life. I feel it all around me. Life is changing and ever present. Sometimes, just like the winds, the changes come fast and furious. Many times we aren't prepared and our lawn furniture gets blown all over the yard. When that type of change comes we often feel our emotions are all over the place. We usually need time to "clean up" after that storm.
Today, the change is good. I see it. I feel it. I cannot touch it, but I know it's there. Just like the wind, change is will always be present. I usually am very welcoming of change, but now I'm learning that many of the things I wasn't thankful for are so important in my life and necessary for the shaping of my heart and spirit. I'm going to work on being faithful in the fact that all things are meant for good. Even those things that we would rather avoid.
I leave you with this: " What will you do with change or what will change do with you?
