Spring is off to a very slow start, even for Northern Indiana.
April has been dominated by a blustery chill producing intermittent snow flurries, sleet and almost freezing rain that cuts right through each layer I so carefully fit over this 65 year-old well-worn frame I call home (on this side of eternity.)
Yet each morning begins with a concert performed on cue by the "yard birds" vocalizing--a concert of joy to the human ear. I thought it was curious given the wind, snow, sleet, rain and biting cold we have endured waiting for our weather to catch up to the calendar. But there they were, intent on doing what birds do. They sang, I groused.
Their internal calendar told the birds "it's Spring." They sing with confidence because they know, intuitively, that regardless of what the weather may be like today, it's Spring, and it's going to feel like Spring sooner than later.
It occurred to me this morning, off to another blustery start, as I listened to them sing outside my window, I can do that too. I know my life is "hidden with Christ in God," and even though it may not feel like that today, it will, sooner than later.
Colossians 3.2-4 "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory."
He put a glorious new song in my heart. Just sing.
April has been dominated by a blustery chill producing intermittent snow flurries, sleet and almost freezing rain that cuts right through each layer I so carefully fit over this 65 year-old well-worn frame I call home (on this side of eternity.)Yet each morning begins with a concert performed on cue by the "yard birds" vocalizing--a concert of joy to the human ear. I thought it was curious given the wind, snow, sleet, rain and biting cold we have endured waiting for our weather to catch up to the calendar. But there they were, intent on doing what birds do. They sang, I groused.
Their internal calendar told the birds "it's Spring." They sing with confidence because they know, intuitively, that regardless of what the weather may be like today, it's Spring, and it's going to feel like Spring sooner than later.
It occurred to me this morning, off to another blustery start, as I listened to them sing outside my window, I can do that too. I know my life is "hidden with Christ in God," and even though it may not feel like that today, it will, sooner than later.
Colossians 3.2-4 "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory."
He put a glorious new song in my heart. Just sing.
Life is fast.
Live it well...M6.8 bN
