Wind

January 24, 2026

It’s cold! The actual temperature here dropped to 17 below, but with the wind chill, it feels more like 40 below. The wind does make a big difference. When I run in the winter season, I can still run fine even when the temperature is low (not this weekend though, it’s way too cold), but it feels miserably cold when the wind blows, and it is a game-changer. However, in the summer heat, a cool breeze can make my run pleasant.

I was reading the story of the Red Sea crossing, and the Bible writes, “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.” Exodus 14:21. Here in this story, the wind was used as a means to save the Israelites from being chased by the Egyptians. 

Also, in the story of Noah’s Flood, “Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.” Genesis 8:1. In this story, God uses the wind to bring the water level down so that Noah and his family could be delivered to land. 

In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit was described as like the wind. “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8; “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each one of them.” Acts 2:2,3. As we face the wind chill this weekend, may we also seek the Holy Spirit to be upon each one of us like the wind, and be filled by His presence.