# O Wind of God explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by George MacDonald.

## What happens

A prayerful poem invoking the Wind of God to stir spiritual renewal through the seasons—spring's awakening, summer's fullness, autumn's harvest, and winter's purifying cold—trusting that all life is sustained by divine breath.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nature as Divine Revelation

The wind, seasons, flowers, and fruit are metaphors for God's work in the soul.

### Suffering and Purification

Winter and icy storms are welcomed as agents that kill 'cankerworms' and refine the spirit.

## Character check-ins

### God

Addressed as the source of the wind that blows through the mind and spirit.

### Unknown

The speaker who prays for the Wind of God to transform and purify.

## Key lines

> O wind of God, that blowest in the mind, Blow, blow and wake the gentle spring in me

Divine breath, stir my inner life to new growth and awakening.

_The speaker asks God to initiate spiritual renewal._

> Blow, fill my upper air with icy storms; Breathe cold, O wind of God, and kill my cankerworms.

Send harsh trials to purge my hidden faults and purify me.

_Winter's cold is embraced as a means of cleansing and transformation._

## Links

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