This morning started like every morning. I took my dog outside to “go potty.” Who would’ve known God can use these moments :).
As I was standing there, waiting for her to go (she takes longer than any dog…ever), I had a moment of clarity and peace. We live next to some woods, so the sounds of birds chirping and leaves waving in the wind is nothing new. But this time, there was something different about it.
I heard the faint sound of the trees starting to rustle, then it got louder, as the trees closest to us were being affected by this wind. Then, after a short pause, the wind hit my body. Sometimes the wind is desperately needed; like when you’re working out in the yard and if you’re about to break down, and then the wind comes to relieve you. Still others, it seems to heighten the frigidness of the cold or the rain.
But have you ever paused to think about the fact that wind is there? And have you ever paused to think about the Creator of that wind? Because my first thought was, why on the earth does this air have to move like that…like some cosmic fan? Why are we distanced so perfectly from the sun, that we are neither consumed by its heat, nor frozen from being too far away? How awesome is it that the plants all around us are carbon dioxide-consuming, oxygen-producing beings, and that we are oxygen-consuming, carbon dioxide-producing beings, creating a never-ending give-and-take relationship.
There are systems at work all over creation that we take for granted – and because of that, we take the CREATOR of those systems for granted. May you feel the wind today and know that God, your Creator, loves you deeply!
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Day after day, they pour forth speech; night after night, they display knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2