Believe in the Spring!
After a long Canadian
winter, spring is always a welcome sight. And when spring
arrives a bit early, the frozen north rejoices. This year
was no exception. After weeks of ice and snow, the Niagara
Peninsula welcomed the arrival of spring in late February
with open arms! In just a few days the snow was gone. The
grass greened, the crocuses and daffodils poked up their
slender shoots, and even the robins and geese began flying
in from the south.
Then it struck. The worst snowstorm of the year. Twelve
inches of snow in less than eight hours.
Now, if this same storm had arrived on Christmas Eve,
everyone would have rejoiced. But no one rejoiced when it
appeared in March! Seeing a snow-covered world-again!-after
we had already received a taste of spring was more than
depressing. It was demoralizing!
Can any of you see some aspect of your life in this
scenario? Perhaps you have been entrenched in a bad "wintry"
spell. You have been praying for a breakthrough, and you may
have already seen early seeds of hope beginning to
sprout-hope that a change in your situation was
imminent-only to have that hope suddenly buried under a
whole new batch of circumstance!
You may be a cancer survivor, and you learn that the cancer
has returned. Or you've been praying for restoration of your
marriage, and things were starting to look brighter between
you and your spouse, when the "Other" jumps back onto the
scene. Perhaps you've been praying for your son's salvation,
and he went clean of drugs and started coming to church.
Then an old friend stops by and they go out and get blasted.
Whatever the source of your "spring blizzard", don't
despair! God says: "So shall My word be that goes forth
from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall
accomplish what I please . . ." (Isa 55:11).
Remember, spring is just around the corner! The God who sent
the robins has not abandoned you. The snow will melt. The
"Son" will shine again! We must simply trust Him to bring it
to pass!
"Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He
shall bring it to pass." (Ps 37:5) NKJV
Our job is to believe in the Spring!
Lyn Chaffart
Moderator, The Nugget, Scriptural Nuggets ( www.sermonillustrator.org/minisermons/ ), Answers2Prayer Ministries, www.Answers2Prayer.org ,