Windy days....

If you like the wind, you'll understand this post. If not, well, you're out of luck. But, I digress....

Today I went for a walk and it's very, very windy out today. The sun is sort of shining behind lots of puffy and fluffy clouds. You know, the kind that look like cotton balls. The sky behind the clouds is a mixture of pure blue and light gray, as a storm system is on it's way ready to dump buckets of rain on us tomorrow.

I happen to love the wind. Especially on days like today. I like to close my eyes, outstretch my arms and such peace envelopes me. I don't get to experience windy days often, so I reveled in it today. The wind, although invisible, whips around me and washes away so many things. It washes away doubt, fear, pain, troubles of all kind and leaves me feeling so refreshed.

I believe the wind when I experience it like that is the Holy Spirit and He speaks to me in ways others just cannot understand. I am grateful for these times as I feel momentary peace. Just like my loved ones in Heaven must feel all the time. What a relief and what a load off of me when I realize that one day I will get to feel the relief of all my troubles for eternity, not just momentarily.

The wind also reminds me of my innermost feelings that I want to release and am never quite sure how or where or why. The wind today was gusty and quite fierce at times. Just like my screams on the inside, and my anger and frustration and my pain. Oh, how I wish I could use the force behind the wind to get out the force of my inner feelings. And in walking in the wind, I get to do just that, let it all fall out and let the wind carry it far, far away. Remember, the wind is the Holy Spirit, so He is very capable of taking all I need Him to take from me. The heavy load of my hardest days. The amputation of loved ones lost. He can heal it all, my friends.

So, today, thank you God for the wind. Thank you for my encounter with you. May it carry me through today, still one day at a time.

peace and love,
toni