Kansas weather is interesting. There’s a saying that goes…”Don’t like the weather in Kansas? Wait 5 minutes.” I’ve heard weather men say that it is extremely hard to predict the weather here because of the unique spot that Kansas sits in along side the Rocky mountains. I don’t know if all that is true, but I do know that life is an awful lot like the weather here.
One day things can be calm, no breeze, sunny blue skies with small puffy clouds and all is peaceful and just like the weather, it can also change on a dime. It’s almost as if the Lord sees that we are relying too much on ourselves and not enough on Him. I heard someone say once that when we start to stray, the Lord will do whatever it takes to bring us back to our knees.
2007 has been a year of intense changes, stresses, trials and struggles. It is times like this that I can choose to either lean on Him or brace myself against the winds and struggle on.
The wind was blowing exceptionally hard the other day, more so than usual, and as I was driving down the highway I saw this bird flapping as hard as it could to cross the highway, going against the wind and no matter how hard that bird tried, he couldn’t move. Finally he gave up and turned into the wind and was swept away faster than any current could have carried him. Swept away by the storm, like we so often are.
But I’ve seen Buzzards in winds just as high and they spread those great wings and ride the currents. Being carried up and down, their wings barely moving and admist the prevailing winds, they make progress. I believe this is how God would have us to be. If we would but spread our wings, trust in Him, obey Him and even admist an onslaught, He will carry us forward.
Lord, may I spread my wings and ride the wind with you as my guide, rather than fighting my trials and end up being swept away by them.
