It's amazing what a cool breeze can do to improve one's morale. Just to feel the wind's soft touch can make someone feel one hundred times better. On a sticky, stagnant summer day, there is nothing better than looking up at the roofs of the rustling trees and hearing the quiet whisper of the wind. Mother Nature's Spirit comes and caresses our faces, comforting us and giving us hope.
Sometimes, our lives can become stagnant too. We seem to be going through the motions, never finding an escape from that humidity of life. Many people just check out and decide to stop living their lives, so they sit under a shady tree, waiting until that heat gives way to a cool day. But what if the heat never stops? What if everyday of our lives becomes hotter and hotter until the heat waves coming off the scalding Earth engulf and burn us? What if...
But that's just it, merely a what if. Our lives don't always turn into a metaphorical desert (no matter how much we think they may). There will always be hot days and always be cold days, but that doesn't give us an excuse to give up and wait under a tree. A life lived in waiting is better than no life at all. Sitting still in our lives doesn't do us any good, especially when there is plenty of work to do. Why be afraid of the heat at midday when there is a chance the breeze will catch us?
We don't know when exactly those breezes will come, but when they do there is no better feeling. So why not get out into the world and sweat in the heat? Maybe one day we will feel God's Spirit refresh our lives, and when it does, it will be the most hope-giving feeling we have ever experienced.
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