spring

Spring is coming.

I peered into my wife’s flowerbed this morning and under the dead leaves and this new dusting of snow, I saw spring stirring. Little buds of daffodils and tulips are beginning to peek from the soil.

It seems like there might be signs of new life amongst the debris of our economy, as well. New businesses opening, new homes under construction again in the subdivisions near my home and some good news occasionally in the paper and on TV news. But I believe another spring is on its way as well. One I long for with all my heart.

John says in Revelation 21 that he “saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away.” And he “saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.” Then he heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and he shall dwell among them and they shall be His people and God Himself shall be among them.”

Take heart. Spring is coming again. Soon, very soon, I pray.