Spring?

Our days are getting longer, the sun is shining more and the snow is slowly melting....

Our walk is underwater....

The winter birds are taking flight in the face of new competition at the feeders....

And we even spied this fellow the other day.....

A Red-wing black bird--a sure sign that Spring is around the corner

But is Spring really coming?  We have been enjoying the sunny days and warmer daytime temperatures, but it is still Michigan and so we know not to get too excited yet--there is probably at least one more winter storm in the offing for us.  

Like in the Christian life, we know that someday all things will be made new, but in the meantime we must continue lean on Christ and pray for spring-like renewing to come through His Spirit and refresh again our hearts and minds.  Continuing to lay aside the mud and slop of life that so easily entangles, and taking care not to slip on the icy spots of sin and doubt, in order to run with perseverance the race that is set for us to run!  Trusting that when the storms of life assail and we face fear and change and every worldly assault, Christ will ever be our guide and take us to His place of rest and peace--for He has Promised, and He is Faithful.

As Spring steadily approaches with the promise of new life and fresh beauty, I pray that you and I will bear with new fruit the signs of being a new creation in Christ; and that the beauty and grace of His character might shine through us to the praise of His glory.

Praising God for His continual and all sufficient grace, until the time of His glorious appearing and then forever,

Matthew