One day it was kinda warm but still-well you know still brown. The next day? You can smell it in the air. That smell of loamy earth and things starting to burst. Hints of new grass, tree frogs croaking and suddenly IT'S SPRING!! You just want to shout it as you go out the door.
We step outside and rediscover our yard and trees. Pull out the chair cushions. Test our pale skin against the bright yellow sun. Inside things change too. Salad bowls get brought out and blankets get put away. The cute snowmen are put away and replaced by beautiful flower centerpieces. Parks become populated by moms and families again and balls and mitts are uncovered.
And here in the south-flowers!! On tree after tree, in gardens and yards. Greens, whites, yellows, pinks, purples and all shades in between. One right after another after another!! It is glorious and beautiful and just perfect.
And the babies are coming. Chicks, lambs, kids, and bunnies. Little bluebirds appear and the robins return. Beautiful manifestations of the renewal of life.
I love this from another friend's blog " Perhaps more than anything, spring is a physical manifestation of the generosity of God. No matter how dark things may seem, light is within reach. Winter and hardship and sorrow are necessary aspects of mortality, rolling over through the years, but with each death there is renewal. With each spring comes life.
Spring is a reminder that all hope is not lost. Each new bud, every green shoot that emerges from the ground becomes a symbol of that great resurrection of our Savior."
Isn't if wonderful that Easter, when we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, comes during the new life of spring? Right outside my window is a reminder of Christ's mission and purpose and as I contemplate the beauty around me I can discover my role in that plan.
Anne Shirley of Green Gables expresses it wonderfully, "There is one good thing about this world-there are always sure to be more springs."
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