The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
John 3:8 NIV
Heard nothing but the wind the last few days!
Just like seeing the effect of the wind we see the effect of God's transforming Spirit in people
And there's something a bit mysterious about the wind, a bit unpredictable, sometimes a bit wild - does some damage, stirs things up...
It can bring heat...or gentle cooling
The wind moves seeds around and is part of God's design...it can clear away fog and the pollution created by us...
God's Spirit is likened to the wind
Are there things in our lives that need moving? Blowing away?
Stirred up?
Do we need the power of God to blow through?
Or maybe today you need the gentle encouragement of God's Spirit reminding you that you're a dearly loved child of God...
#wind
#listen
#dearlyloved
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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