This is absolutely the best time of year!!! I love that first morning you step outside and the heat doesn't open the door for you; when cool air blows over your exposed toes! You just want to breathe a little deeper and smile a little more.
Rejuvenation....It's the best way that I can describe it. As coastal Southern Summers go, it was long, wet and hot. Not terribly hot, but hot enough. It makes me think of how lovingly God cares for us. He knows when we are in need of a change; in need a fresh brush of wind into our lives from the Holy Spirit. Where we saw the "sameness" of summer life each day, we now look around and see a bluer tint to the sky, a falling leaf or two and the whispers of the fall breeze. Where our Spirits were tired and full of fatigue and weariness, we can now taste and feel and see a fresh wind blowing in us and through us and if we allow Him to, we can feel whispers of life, love and affirmation spoken into our lives.
Not every breeze that blows through our lives is calming. Not every wind is a puff of air from the Holy Spirit. Some are howls in a storm, some are North winds blowing a chill into our lives....
But for today, and this special season of the year, when I feel a fall breeze, I will thank my God for His incredible care and for the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit and reach for the rejuvenation that He offers to us everyday, and especially now.
An old Keith Green Song keeps blowing through my heart today:
Rushing Wind
Rushing wind, blow through this temple,
Blowing out the dust within;
Come and breathe your breath upon me:
I've been born again.
Holy Spirit, I surrender; take me where you want to go.
Plant me by your living water,
Plant me deep so I can grow.
Jesus, you’re the one who sets my spirit free;
Use me, Lord; glorify your Holy Name through me.
Separate me from this world, Lord;
Sanctify my life for you.
Daily change me to your image,
Help me bear good fruit.
Ev'ry day you're drawing closer;
Trials come to test my faith.
But when all is said and done, Lord,
You know it's been worth the wait.
Jesus, you’re the one who set my spirit free;
Use me, Lord; glorify your Holy Name through me.
Rushing wind, blow through this temple,
Blowing out the dust within;
Come and breathe you breath upon me,
For I've been born again.
