We are at the point in winter when people are saying “I’m tired of winter, Spring cannot come soon enough.”   We haven’t even had a bad winter here.  A friend, in Southeast Iowa, emailed this morning me to say it was snowing again; the expletive he used, I will not share with you.   I found it quite pleasant this a.m. as I took the “long” walk from our house to the church (out to the street and then across the parking lot) - without a coat.  Perhaps the best thing about the abating of winter, is the ability to go out without a coat.  Sort of like when one doesn’t have to try and put your infants in their snow suits or no longer having to use the car seat.   I am always filled with hope this time of year – the days are getting longer and March is coming, and then April and eventually June when Spring really shows up.    Interesting sometimes, how we can take the winter of life in stride, but there is a point where we say ENOUGH, it is time for Spring.   Spring is a break in the assault of winter and the hope of better days.  So, don’t wait for March 21 to show up – that is no promise of Spring.   Spring has to start in the brain and heart, the places God gave us to find the hope in life.  O, by the way, it just started to snow.  

Till next week…H