Spring is here, and it couldn't have come at a better time. And so, to mark this momentous occasion, I've spent the last few days lying out on the porch, being warmed by the hot sun while sipping ice-cold lemonade.
Springtime must be my favorite season. I just love the feeling of warmth after a long winter! (And by long, I mean long. Here, the winters last about 5 months.) During the cold winter months, it's easy to get discouraged. I often find myself longing for spring. I know that someday it will come, but it's so hard to wait!
Sometimes, life is just like winter. When a season of life is long and hard, it's hard to imagine the day when it will be over. But, thankfully, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel, a spring at the end of every winter. I love what it says in Isaiah:
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." (Isaiah 43:18-19)
Isn't that an amazing promise? It's so wonderful to know that God is always doing something new in us. When we feel like we can't go on, He promises us: "I am making everything new!" (Rev. 21:5) If we genuinely long to be changed by Him, He will do amazing things in us.
So, that's what God's teaching me, friends. As long as I press on to know Him in a deeper way and seek to be filled with Him every day, He will keep nudging my heart towards Him. I think it's almost springtime in my heart...
Let's continue to press on towards the Goal!
Have a great day, everyone.
Kelsey
