May God hold you in the hollow of His hand
Just as we cannot see the wind but can perceive its effects, so it is with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God. Even with the most sensitive equipment we cannot capture an image of the wind; it is no different with the Holy Spirit. But while we cannot physically see, touch, feel, or detect the Holy Spirit we can observe and experience the effects the Holy Spirit produces on us.
When the wind blows we see trees bend, dust whirl, waves appear, and clouds move across the sky without any visible means of motive power. At times the wind is like a gentle whisper, tickling our skin, almost unfelt or detected. At other times the wind can be a terrible and terrifying force, such as a hurricane or a tornado, full of sound and fury, yielding almost unimaginable destructive power.
The Spirit of God is like the wind; He is always present, blowing soft or hard, moving us in the direction only He knows is best, and like the wind, we can either relax and go with the flow or struggle and push back. Airline pilots love to fly with a tail wind because the flight is much smoother, it takes less fuel, and the flight time is shorter. They know that to fly into the wind will result in a longer, bumpier, and more costly flight. Shouldn’t we receive the Holy Spirit in the same manner?
Give yourself over to the Holy Spirit and let Him carry you through life. As an old Irish blessing says so very well: “May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”
