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With Spring Comes New Life
You should feel optimistic by your spring
clean up, by the raking in your yard and garden, by
the shoots of new life that peek through the ground
every year. Even if some of the roses and shrubs took
a hit from the cold weather, the perennials show up...without
fail. There are so many life lessons in gardening. Whenever
you need a bit of encouragement, think of those perennials.
There are some things in life we can
count on. Yes, there's joy in seeing the plants push
through every year, but a greater joy yet is the new
life we can declare through Jesus. Isaiah 42 speaks
of Christ so prophetically and eloquently. We should
rejoice that He pushed through the darkness, did not
falter, made a new covenant, and sprung up in glory!
(vs. 9 NKJV "Behold, the former things have come
to pass, And new things I declare").
Think about how cold and desolate the
winter can be. Our lives hit the peaks and valleys too.
It always seems that while you’re in the midst
of the storm, while you’re trying to pick your
feet up and trudge through the ice and storm it’s
hard to think about warmer days to come. God never promised
us there wouldn’t be any storms, just that he would
be with us through them. And in the end, He takes our
mess and makes it a message.
Some people feel that they have done
something that separates them from the love of God.
They think there is no way God would want to take their
sinful life and shine the light on it. Even the tulip
bulbs, sitting in the dark, underground, doing who knows
what during the winter, spiral up in the Spring to be
beautiful flowers. Isaiah 65:17 tells us “Pay close
attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth.
All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things
of the past, to be forgotten. (MSG). God is not going
to remember what you were doing while you were in the
dark underground all winter. He’s more concerned
about the gorgeous blossom He has now. He’s forgotten
the past. He’s focusing on the new. You should
too.
As you enjoy the new fresh scenery that
Spring brings us, let each new bud remind you of the
new life God is creating in you. Let the tulips, daffodils,
hydrangeas and hyacinths remind you of the rebirth in
you. God has forgotten the underground, enjoy the roses!
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