“Frisch weht der Wind.”
[Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner, quoted by Tristan, as he escorts the newly captured Isolde via sailing ship to his home in Cornwall]
Wind is the most powerful force on the earth. The wind moves everything that exists, and anything combined with the power of wind can be a beautiful or equally destructive force!
Think of tornadoes, hurricanes, forest fires –all of them dynamically fueled by the power of wind. Is it any wonder then that the ancients equated the wind with the Holy Spirit of God!
The most intriguing thing however about wind is that you can’t see it, not unless it is combined with something visual like dust or you see its activity and effect in the movement of trees, breaking of power lines, or the tearing away of a roof. We know of the dynamic…