Peace in the Wind

Sometimes I just need to be outside.  There are a few dozen things I can think of that need to be done.  A few more that I would like to do.  But I couldn't sit one more moment inside.  It's not that it's a particular warm day.  Or that there were lots of people outside so I just wanted to be with them.  I just needed the wind.  Something about the wind reminds me that God is there.  And today it was the strong wind that almost knocks you over that I needed.  The cold wind that isn't like a soft caress.  I needed to be reminded that God is bigger than my worries and when He allows me to go through difficult things, it's still right where He has me.  I don't want to go through hard times.  They are, by definition, uncomfortable.  But despite that, I know that they are worth it because they cause me to grow.  So for me, I find peace in the wind.  The strong, bitterly cold wind that nearly takes me off my feet.  When I get in out of the wind, being inside is a comfort.  Like the trials of life... when they are over, what once seemed a burden is now a joy.