Neil's blog

It’s been right ‘Windy Miller’ in Scotland lately has it not!? I hope you haven’t been too adversely affected! In the attached photo we have a calmer scene at Irvine Harbour, with the scenic estuary in the foreground and wind turbines on the distant hills.

The wind turbines lining our hills & coasts cause controversy. To some they’re eye soars and blots on the landscape, to others ‘majestic towers’ whirling with wind in their wings, generating much needed energy to power our world’s needs. But when the propellers of these massive whirligigs grind to a halt through no wind, close up they’re lanky, lumbering, clumsy and totally out of place; stationary, to my eye, they’re lifeless, graceless and useless!

Wind is a strange phenomenon the way it comes and goes, invisible but for its impact on moveable objects. Have you ever just lain on the ground and watched puffy white clouds galloping above you in the wake of wild wind? Have you ever been caught in a fearful storm and buffeted about by a mighty power beyond your control or perhaps appreciated a gentle breeze on a hot summer’s day?

I have to say that without the wind of God’s Spirit my life can be as ugly as an inactive & inept wind turbine, but with the power of God’s loving Spirit all things are possible! Jesus said to Nicodemus, “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)

I’ve noticed another thing about these giant wind-mills, they need to be pointing at the wind to channel the full benefit of its power. It’s worth taking a little time each day to ensure we’re open to and facing God’s Spirit.