Into the Wind

Our dog likes to lay on the couch when I'm sitting there watching television. She has a pillow at the end of the couch, but she doesn't want to sleep there. She wants to sleep right up against me, instead. She's comfortable there. Safe.

I may push her back to her pillow, but she ignores me and comes back up to snuggle right against me.

Do we ever get that way? Do we get so comfortable where we are or with what we are doing that we refuse to change?

In the sermon on Sunday, Carol said that if you want to catch the wind (think of a windmill) then you have to be where the wind is blowing.

Blowing wind doesn't always feel comfortable or safe. In fact sometimes it feels scary and wild. We struggle as individuals and as churches to stay safe. We want to stay where we are.

God's will, God's breath, is in the wind. Sometimes to catch it, we have to step out of our comfort zone -- out of our safe spot, and into the wind.