Pondering on the porch today. The sky is blue, the sun is warm, the birds are singing, the wind chimes are pinging. God is touching the wind chimes through the breezes he’s creating.

The wind is whispering softly right now, playing church music on the organ wind chimes across the street. The day is so beautiful and quiet, I feel the wind moving freely and powerfully through my neighborhood. In the Bible the wind is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and I can feel God’s presence today in the soft lullabies and in the strong clanging symphonies of the wind chimes.

The Holy Spirit moves in mysteries ways and the wind chimes sing a song that God’s presence is carried on the wind today. The soothing quiet melodies of the wind chimes are a reflection of God’s divine nature, a gentle reminder of God’s presence in our lives. We can’t see the wind and we can’t see God but we can feel the peace and tranquility of God from the sounds created by the wind as it caresses the wind chime pipes.

Chief and I went to Mount Cheaha for our honeymoon and when we checked out of the lodge we purchased a beautiful wind chime. It was made from Alabama clay, a large green bell with a pine tree branch painted on it. The sail had long a line attached to a triangle of brown clay that rang the clapper of the bell. I loved it. We came home and put the wind chime up on the little wooden porch off our bedroom. We loved to lie in bed and listen to the chimes when a storm was gathering strength, the melodies starting off softly then leading up to a loud angry symphony of a rain storm. I glued that wind chime together several times and finally it broke on the cement porch after we moved into his family’s home place. I kept the pieces in a little brown paper sack for a long time.

If you do a little research, and I love to research, you find that wind chimes can be interpreted as the sound of God’s voice. In 1 Kings 19:12 we read that God spoke to Elijah in a “still small voice.” A whisper likened to the soft soothing music of the wind chimes. Wind chimes can encourage us to listen for God’s voice in the quiet moments of the day. Heavy wind chimes’ symphonies speak of God warding off evil and bringing good luck.

We can be a wind chime for God, quietly connected with the Holy Spirit as we express our faith through our words and actions. God calls us to work together as Christians just like each pipe of the wind chime contributes to the music. When God’s wind blows we can ping our faith softly or clang our faith loudly.

“God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.” — Joshua L. Liebman