| New Post for blog today~ Re-post of a Devotional I wrote on March 1, 2005 ~ |
3/1/2005 |
| SCRIPTURE: SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11-12 NKJB |
| FOR LO, THE WINTER IS PAST, THE RAIN OVER AND GONE. THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH; THE TIME OF SPRING HAS COME, AND THE VOICE OF THE TURTLEDOVE IS HEARD IN THE LAND. INSIGHTS AND THOUGHTS: THIS MORNING AS I LOOKED OUT FROM THE KITCHEN WINDOW I SAW BRIGHT YELLOW MINIATURE DAFFODILS SPRINGING UP FROM UNDER THE IVY GROUND COVER. A DEFINATE SIGN THAT SPRING HAS COME TO CENTRAL TEXAS. THE TREES ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT AND OUR STREET AND COUNTRYSIDE IS COMING ALIVE ONCE MORE. WHAT A GLORIOUS GIFT FROM GOD...THE SPRING SEASON THAT TRANSFORMS THE DREARY WINTER SCENE TO ONE OF DARKEST GREENS ALONG WITH THE PALEST OF GREENS AND THE BLOSSOMING OF THE BULBS FROM THEIR LONG WINTER'S NAP. IT IS SYMBOLIC OF HOW GOD CAN CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR LIVES THAT LOOK GLOOMY, GREY, AND APPEARING NEVER ENDING TO HOPE, JOY, AND ANTICIPATION OF ANOTHER SPRINGTIME. IT'S AS IF THE FOG HAS LIFTED AND SUNSHINE HAS RETURNED TO OUR LIVES WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS POEM WRITTEN BY HELEN STEINER RICE. THERE'S ALWAYS A SPRINGTIME AFTER THE WINTER COME THE SPRING TO SHOW US AGAIN THAT IN EVERYTHING THERE'S ALWAYS RENEWAL DIVINELY PLANNED. FLAWLESSLY PERFECT, THE WORK OF GOD'S HAND... AND JUST LIKE THE SEASONS THAT COME AND GO WHEN THE FLOWER OF SPRING LAY BURIED IN THE SNOW, GOD SENDS TO THE HEART IN ITS WINTER OF SADNESS A SPRINTIME AWAKENING OF NEW HOPE AND GLADNESS, AND LOVED ONES WHO SLEEP IN A SEASON OF DEATH WILL, TOO, BE AWAKENED BY GOD'S LIFE-GIVING BREATH. ALL WHO BELIEVE IN GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE WILL MEET THEIR LOVED ONES FACE TO FACE WHERE TIME IS ENDLESS AND JOY UNBROKEN AND ONLY THE WORDS OF GOD'S LOVE ARE SPOKEN. DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND REMEMBERING THEM THIS SPRINGTIME. WRITTEN IN CHRIST'S LOVE, SHERI |
