My son, Josh, and I did a whole day's worth of leave raking and bagging today. First at some other families homes (to help Josh raise money for a trip he will be taking next summer) and then also at our home! It was a beautiful day....but tiring as well!
One thing I noticed right away was that the wind was blowing pretty hard at times and it sometimes was blowing the leaves around in ways we did not want! We finally figured out how to use the wind to our advantage. To work WITH the wind to help us instead of working AGAINST it!!
As I thought more about that, it is such a good illustration of how the Lord wants to work in our lives. The Holy Spirit is like the wind -- the Spirit can be our help when we are going in the right direction. He makes everything we do easier provided we work WITH Him and not in the wrong directions.
Praise the Lord that He has not left us alone! He has given us the power through the Holy Spirit to walk faithfully as a follower of Jesus Christ!!
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." John 14:16-17
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