Refreshment

Living in the Adirondack mountains winters are long...six months long. Spring comes in the form of sunny days and muddy roads. The winter slips away peacefully and spring is welcomed by the sounds of the morning songbirds. I long for spring right about now. Spring has always reminded me of Jesus. This doesn't surprise me, because even His Word describes this. Hosea 6:3,"So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth." His presence refreshes me just as Acts 3 describes. If I have chosen sin, He forgives me and cleanses me and I feel life springing forth in me again. I feel lighter and freer. I sometimes feel like a child again. My day seems endless when Christ is my focus. Maybe that is a glimpse of what eternity looks like.
Photo by ruthie.johnson@uscm.org