Yesterday my wife and I spent hours working in our yard. You would have to describe us as “spring” gardeners. When the good weather hits we work feverishly in the yard. We buy plants. Sometimes we even plant them. You see by the time the 70 degree days are gone and the 90 degree days arrive, we are burned out. I am hoping this particularly beautiful spring will also be unusually long. We spend most of the summer admiring the outdoors from the indoors.
This is the most beautiful spring in my recent memory. I don’t think it’s any accident that it follows one of the coldest and bleakest winters in my memory.
A spring is particularly beautiful after a tough winter for a couple of reasons. One, I guess, is in the eye of the beholder. We are so happy to see spring it just seems more beautiful. However, I also believe that the colder weather does something to the plants that make them more color, vibrant, even stronger.
I don’t know if the tough winter and glorious spring mean a long a hot summer. I hope not.
Like most of our world, God designed it to remind us of Him. Beautiful springs after tough winters remind us that good and fruitful times follow the dark cold times in our lives. If spring hasn’t sprung in your spiritual life, take hope. The darker and colder it is, the more exciting it will be when God burst forth. If the summer turns out to be particularly long and hot, just remember that the cycle of God’s remembrances will come around again.
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