Ruach=wind=spirit

Imagine a small fire in the woods.  The wind blows.  Does the fire flicker, burn out, or spread?  It all depends on the speed and force of the wind.  I never took a physics class, and my understanding is rudimentary at best.  However, it occurred to me today that this simple picture of creation explains a deeper spiritual concept.  The Holy Spirit, or Ruach HaKodesh (Hebrew), blows like a wind.  The word "ruach" actually means wind, or spirit.  Fire, when controlled, can bring warmth, light, and a cooking source.  Out of control, it can bring destruction and devastation.  Yet, without oxygen, it will die.  As such, the wind can either help or hinder the growth of a fire.  Perhaps this is how the Ruach is revealed to us.  In small, gentle bursts, just enough for us to handle at the time.  We receive warmth and light from the fire.  We receive the grain of Scripture, the living water (Yeshua), the salt of the covenant, and a well-controlled fire (G-d the Father), kept alive with just enough wind (Ruach).  We are nourished by the bread that results.  Too much wind at once, and our bread would be torched by the engulfing flames, and we would also get burned in the process!!   G-d allows us to understand His truths in small doses.  If He gave us complete understanding all at once, we would be overwhelmed, and would not be able to handle it.
So don't be pushy with your friends and family members to learn Biblical truths that it took you years to learn.  Allow G-d to work with them in His own timing, for He knows exactly what they can handle.

Hebrews 12:29

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²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.”

John 3:8

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⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”^[a]

Footnotes:

1. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.

Acts 2:3-4

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³ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues^[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

Footnotes:

1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11

 Song- "There's A Wind That Blows," by Joel Chernoff