Yesterday was the first day of Spring. It’s so delightful, and so welcome. Oh how I need some warmer weather. Oh how I want to see the beautiful spring flowers – the crocus (already coming in), the daffodils (the green shoots are sprouting), and the tulips – oh the tulips! My mind is full of memories of beautiful yellows, whites, pink, and even blue tulips. Ever seen one of those? Well, may be they’re more deep purple than blue.

We’ve earned a nice springtime. This was a harsh winter, with lots and lots of snow, and then floods. It was bitter cold, too. So many sub-freezing nights, and frosty mornings.

We’ve earned our spring flowers, too. Many of us planted bulbs last fall, with faith and hope that they would bloom in the spring, and God is beginning to deliver! As always.

With the beauty of spring, I think of how our hunkering down and bearing the winter cold earned us some relief and sunny weather. We kept the faith that our snow suffering would end, and that the sun would prevail come spring. It’s like that with faith, too.

Our beliefs in God, and our reliance that He will take care of us always deliver. God never lets us down, and He gives us grace in far more abundance than we ever would need, expect, or even think of.

So if you’re hunkering down, and suffering – keep the faith. God will come through, and salvation will be yours. Just like Springtime.