by Pastor Rick Watson
This morning I saw a beautiful cardinal – the brightest red-dazzling! The sun is shining, the temperature is going up, certainly spring must be on its way. Spring is always related to new beginnings – a fresh new start.
I wondered what does the Bible say about spring? Spring as an action is mentioned in Psalm 85:10-11 “Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”
Such powerful symbolism “Truth shall spring out of the earth.” I saw where my Easter lilies are trying to poke their “heads” out from the earth! When the Easter lilies and the daffodils begin to bloom I get excited knowing the spring is here. The long, hard, cold winter is over; spring is here and summer is not far behind.
When you think of spring, what comes to mind? Of course, Easter!! The wonderful time of remembering and celebrating the life, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Before I got saved, Easter was all about Easter egg hunts, Easter candies and Easter new clothes.
Psalm 85 says “Truth shall spring (forth) out of the earth.” When I read that, I think of the resurrection of Christ! Wouldn’t you love to have been there that morning – where life, new life sprang forth that morning! We will talk more about that next month – obviously I am excited for spring!
Like so many words in the English language, the word “spring” can mean different things. Like “spring” forth – a verb or a “spring” a body of water – a noun.
In James 3:11 we read “Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same spring?” This passage is talking about the tongue and it says in verse 10 “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.”
Sometimes we use “spring” and “fall” to describe the stages of life a person is in.
To me “spring means new beginnings, especially this year! The last two years the threat of COVID-19 has caused people to stop doing and going as they would normally. Many churches even stopped having in-person services, fully on-line. I am glad to say that we are almost back to pre-COVID schedule. If you haven’t heard, we will restart our Wednesday evening services March 2nd at 6:00 p.m., followed by choir practice at 7:00 p.m. Come and make a joyful noise – sing unto the Lord a new song!
Spring is here!!!!!
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