Whoever coined the phrase "spring has sprung" surely captured spring. When winter is winding down and the weather becomes sunshiny with beautiful mornings and the smell of newness is in the air, it is called Spring. Spring comes meandering in with calmness and lightness of heart and tiny buds begin to spring forth out of the ground with color, fragrance and diversity. The trees become a painters masterpiece with colored flowers of white, pinks, reds and purples. Not to mention the different shades of yellow and green. With Spring comes many different fragrances all mingled together in one glorious perfume that man has not and will never be able to duplicate.
I remember as a child walking barefoot in the new grasses in the fields and picking my Mom's sweetpea's growing on the vine behind the house. I remember how fresh the mornings were and not only did the world around me come alive but I felt that same spring in my step and was anxious to be outdoors; playing, running and feeling free.
As Spring begins to envelope its surroundings a renewal not only of flowers and trees but of life is bursting out all over. Spring is the time for new life within the fields and the farms around the country. Planting season is beginning for food and sustenance. Animals are giving life to their offsprings. Baseball practice begins and a young mans fancy turns towards girls, or so they say!
I have always loved driving in the country during Spring and watching the lambs and baby goats running and jumping around their mothers while the calves stay as close as they can to their mothers just in case it was near time to feed again. The colts on their wobbly legs learning to feed themselves upon the new grass, just like their mothers do and they call it grazing.
"Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth, and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine , and bread to strengthen man's heart." Psalm 104:14-15
It amazes me that man with all of his ingenuity and creative juices has come to the point of ridiculous thinking of how our world began. The seasons alone should give man pause to wonder. The seasons alone should make man sit up and take notice. The season like Spring should set his heart pounding and the question; "How can this be" should be resounding on his lips. "And God said; "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the nights; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so! Genesis 1:14-15
How God set the light in motion in our universe is what dictates the seasons. Our earth is tilted and circles the sun while the moon circles the earth. We will always have seasons depending upon where you live. I remember while living in California our seasons came but not as extreme as they are living in Oregon. Snow was not a yearly event but a catastrophic one. Snow in Oregon is something you can bank on.
Today, there is much talk about global warming. Today many are fearful that because our weather keeps changing, the end must surely be near. Today there are those who are seeking for signs just like in Jesus' day. Remember when Jesus told the Pharisees and the Sadducees; "When it is evening you say; it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. In the morning; It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening; You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times." Matthew 16:1-3
Let's enjoy Spring and the seasons. Let's pay attention to God's gifts as we journey through this life. Let's not worry about what could happen. By Jane Ann Crenshaw 10/17/09
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