Powered by the Spirit

Vail, Colorado

I like hanging out in Vail in the summer more than in the winter. It can be quite crowded on a weekend, but during the week it's not bad at all. It's worth walking around town for the sculptures (more pics coming in future blogs).

We had parked our car in the parking garage and made our way to Vail Village when these pinwheels sculptures caught my eye. There's nothing special about them except that they took me back to my childhood and playing with pinwheels.

The power behind a pinwheel is the wind.

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13 New English Translation

Both the Hebrew and Greek words for "spirit" literally mean wind. Given the number of wind turbines that I see on my travels from Colorado to Oregon it is evident that there is a great deal of power in the wind.

There is a great deal of power in the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Wind of God. According to Paul, the Spirit has the ability to produce hope in our lives. This hope is rooted in what God has done for us through the merits of Jesus and it is rooted in the promises that Jesus makes to us.

He has promised to never leave us (Matthew 28:20).

He has promised to return for us (Acts 1:11)

The Holy Spirit, the Wind of God, is the power behind God's promises.

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