#AdventWord #Wind #風

‘We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.’ Isaiah 64:6

‘How do you look at the wind? On a windy day in summer, you might see green leaves waving on full branches; in early winter you might see yellow and brown leaves tossed about on the street. The only way to see the wind is to watch what it moves.

When Isaiah looks at the wind in today’s reading, he sees judgment—a gale that blows his people far from home. But the wind, in scripture, can also be seen blowing over the waters of creation. What will blow away for us this Advent, as we watch for God to make all things new?’ (Margaret Ellsworth)

Silvergrass 芒花 Miscanthus Sinensis, iconic symbol of autumn, growing on the high windswept slopes of Datunshan mountains, Yangmingshan National Park. Taipei Grand Trail, Section 2.

Yesterday was Advent Sunday, and the start of Advent Word, an Advent project of The Episcopal Church, with an ‘AdventWord’ shared each day and a short meditation on that word. With photos taken from my recent completion of the Taipei Grand Trail, I hope to share with you a photo appropriate for each day’s AdventWord.