Faith Words: A New Season
Everything is budding and blooming. I don't remember a spring with the Indian hawthorns were prettier. And the two tall crepe myrtle trees in our front yard, that have suffered so through the hard winters we had a few years ago followed by the severe droughts, look healthy and strong with their new green leaves sprouting all over, promising a summer of beautiful blossoms in lavender and white.
The oaks trees have shed their old leaves and put on new ones and their prolific blooms have been carried away by the wind. Just in time, too, because the giant pecan tree in our back yard has awakened and budded and beginning to show signs of its blooms.
The grass is a nice bright spring green and the squirrels and birds work in it digging out buried nuts and hidden bugs and worms. The mockingbird performs his marvelous concert from the powerlines over the alley and the robin dances around showing off his proud red breast.
The Lord has led nature through the bitterness and harshness of the winter again and brought it all out in its best finery, reminding us that He can lead us out of the bitterness and harshness of the past into a new season of life and joy with a promise of fulfillment ahead, if we'll only let Him. I'm ready.
Following Him,
Patrice
Psalm 23:1-3 (ESV)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
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Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders.
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest
in the shadow of the Almighty.
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the suffering of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.