Wind

Jesus tells Nicodemus that the Wind blows where it chooses and that you don't know from where it comes or where it goes...you can only hear the sound of it. Then he says that this is true for all who have been born of the Spirit. Wind. Spirit. Holy Ghost. Ruach. (Hebrew). Do we know when we have been touched by the Spirit? Do we even know what that would look like?
I think most of us would equate anything to do with the Holy Spirit with a Pentecostal experience. Maybe you have experienced something like that, whether it be the laying on of hands to receive the gift of tongues or some sort of miraculous healing. Still, that's not really what I'm interested in talking about. The experience of the Spirit shouldn't be a one-time thing, nor should it have to look frightening and foreign. I dread to think that people stay away from the idea of the Holy Spirit because they think it has to look like a Benny Hinn conference. It doesn't! The third party of the Trinity is and can be exactly what YOU need it to be- for healing, for peace, for patience, for strength, for love.
Imagine a spring evening. You're walking on a path somewhere distant and slightly remote from city or suburban life. You close your eyes and feel the last bit of the sun's warmth on the bridge of your nose and across your cheeks. Suddenly a slight breeze. Your hair picks up at the tendrils. Your shirt ripples across your back and gives you chills. The sweet scent of warmed earth wafts up to your nose. Tension releases. A smile plays on the corners of your mouth. "The Wind", you think to yourself. Yes; the Wind. The Spirit.