Weather

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Standing in an open door, on this windy day, I feel the wind push against me, hear its song as it strums the bare deciduous branches and plays the evergreen needles as tiny harps. It is an uncommon weather day in the Northwest. We don't often have wind of this magnitude this far inland.

I feel enveloped, immersed in the wind. It surrounds me; I live in its grandeur and challenge. I cannot escape it; I can only shelter myself from it. Weather encloses the world and all of which it consists. I can either shield myself from it or luxuriate in its manifestation. Which I do will depend on my circumstance and disposition. I might hide inside with air conditioning on a hot day or put on sunscreen and sit on my patio. On a snowy day, I might bundle up in layers of clothing, boots and hat or close the windows and turn up the heat.

In the same way, we are enclosed and live within You. We cannot escape You; You are all-encompassing and all-invading. I can resist or welcome; hide from or rejoice in Your presence.

All mankind faces weather and You from one of these two perspectives.

May it soon be that all will rejoice in Your presence; Your undiminished, unfiltered, unprotected presence.

04/07/10

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