The direction the wind blows makes a difference.
North Carolina touts itself as the most military-friendly state in the Union. It boasts multiple military bases, exempts military personnel from the state’s income tax, and does whatever it can to draw in the military crowd.
North Carolina neighborhoods are ripe with service-minded families, and all things being military, flagpoles decorate yards everywhere.
In the spring of 2015, winter was giving way to summer. Two military families lived across the street from one another, both with flags proudly displayed in their yards. On this day, the winds from the mountainous west wrestled with offshore gusts from the coast.
The flags seemed to not understand what they were to do. Blow east when the mountain breezes whipped in, or aim west in the fist of an Atlantic surge? At one point, one flag whipped one direction, and the other snapped and popped in the opposite.
The winds were blowing completely different directions, and the two flags were no more than 200 feet apart.
Which way are the winds blowing in our lives?
Acts 27:13 tells us of a south wind that blew softly, encouraging those sailing Paul’s ship with good fortune surely headed their way. They sailed close to Crete, confident, only to be bashed upon the shore.
One chapter on, Acts 28:13 tells of another wind. It was also a south wind, yet this time, Paul’s ship was carried towards his Christian brethren, where he found solace in the companionship of like believers.
What wind are we sailing in? Is it blowing us towards destruction, or can we trust it to carry us towards the arms of the Father? If we don’t like where we’re headed, maybe all we need to do is move out of our ill wind and into a favorable one. It might be as easy as stepping across the street to find a wind that takes us just where we need to go.
If we’re not heading where we want to go, sometimes it’s as simple as resetting our sails and catching a different wind.
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