Have you embraced the wind?

I love the coolness of the night.

I love feeling the breeze of wind.

There is a soft, crisp hug as the wind parts ways across my body. I love the stillness as the day comes to rest.

As I sit on the patio of my favorite restaurant, taking in the night air, reading a great book I wonder if this is what God intended. That we would slow down and rest with him. When he created the garden I imagine the beauty in the stillness of it all. As the day crittters found their rest and the night animals wake for their day there is a quiet, peaceful aura we can miss if we don’t take it in.

Today the high was 95. As the suns rays dryed the land, burned our skin and quite surely took our breaths away, the night came as a reminder that trouble doesn’t last always. Night reminds us that no matter the heat of the day rest will be upon us as the sun sets.

The highs and lows of weather, the ups and downs of seasons, these are reflections of life. Life is ever flowing, ever changing, hot and cool, still and windy.

May this be a reminder to sit and enjoy the night.

Rest in the beauty of the day.

May the wind embrace you with hope and fullness to withstand tomorrow’s heat.