The Winds of the Spirit

Wind fascinates me.

Think about it. This unforseen force can carry massive objects great distances, wreak havoc, tear entire cities apart, and even carry people, "away in the whirlwind; and whither they [go] no man knoweth, save they know that they were carried away" (3 Nephi 8:16).

No one can see the wind, but we can feel it. Other things testify of it. We know the wind because we know of its effects.

This phenomena of nature is analogous with the way the Spirit works. We can not see the Spirit-we gain testimony through the way we feel. It is the things around us that bear witness of Christ. As we read in 2 Nephi 11:4, "all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of [Christ]."

I love the parallels of everyday events and Gospel principals. Every good thing truly does come from and testify of Jesus Christ.