There is something inherently happy about spring flowers, especially tulips. The bulbs wait in the cold ground each winter, seemingly forgotten, until the earth begins to warm enough to help them push free again. The burst of color seems to happen so quickly, a bit of a pandemic of fresh life actually. Too soon, the lovely petals float away on the breeze and scatter across the yard. For a few days there was a new view and the heart is cheered by the beauty. Life moves along into longer summer days which bring more color and life.
This year has been unique in its darkness due to an unseen enemy of illness, a pandemic. It has brought the world a season of anxious waiting as if trying to keep our spirits buried in darkness. Light is shining a bit finally while spring continues to push color out into the warmth again. Celebrations of Passover and Easter could not be closed down by the enemy. The world found various new ways to celebrate new life and victory over death. A deep determination to enjoy simple pleasures and helping others seems to be breaking forth in families and communities. We will all remember these difficult days in ways which we don’t realize yet. Even as we remember the blessings attached to that first Resurrection Day each year, we also look forward to renewing our everyday life after this pandemic calms itself.
Stay well and keep looking up! Spring is here, the flowers are bursting with life, and our Lord will soon return as He promised!
