SPRING IS GOD’S ANSWER TO MAN’S HOPE
William
Arthur Ward
Feeling Buried?
As
we drag through the last days of Winter, it is easy to
sometimes feel as buried as the earth is right
now in snow! Sometimes it just feels as though there
is more to do than we can ever accomplish!...
And
even when we try our hardest, it seems like it’s
one step forward and two back!
But
in a day or two, this snow that buries the earth is going to start to disappear,
and little by little the
days start to get longer and the sunshine brighter!
Soon the wild flowers will start to appear, and the
daffodils and tulips!
Then
the beautiful flowering trees--Redbud and Dogwood and
Crabapple,
and suddenly--
IT’S SPRING!
What
a wonderful gift from our creator!
He
will send Springtime into your soul, too
Winter
is perhaps God’s resting or slowing down time not just for the earth, but also for
us. It isn’t all bad
to take a good look at ourselves and see where we are
falling short of our goals....but
There seems to be so much more winter than we
need this year!
Kathleen Norris
It seems to me that
Springtime
is actually the beginning of the new year!
On
January 1st, we make New Year’s Resolutions, and we sort of hope that we can
keep them. but come
Springtime, we ACTUALLY have hope! God shows us what He can do!
He
sends us Springtime at the end of the long Winter to make
us realize that --
With
God all things are possible.
Feeling
buried?
It’s
time to dig out!
and
God
will give you the shovel
if you ask!
He
wants us to ask!
God is a Companion with us for each today and a traveler with us
in every tomorrow.
C.
Neil Stout
