I love spring for what it represents. We are exiting death that winter brings and entering new life in spring. It is so symbolic of what it means when you give your life to Christ. You put off the old, dead self, and become a brand new creation in Christ! What an incredible change! I often think of Narnia, and how they were stuck in a frozen winter for hundreds of years. Spring came and melted everything with the return of Aslan. I have been reminded of this in my own life, so much!
There are periods in every Christian's life where we go through transformations and molding that may seem like long, frozen, wintery periods. But be encouraged! What comes after that period is a warm, lush, and beautiful spring! And when the springtime comes, we may be expecting tulips and daisies, but end up with roses and lilies. Even though we may have wanted a different flower or outcome, we discover that they all are beautiful.
Look! The winter is past, and the rains are over and gone. The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fill the air. -Song of Songs 2:11-12
Oh that we might know the Lord! Let us press on the know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn, or the coming of rains in early spring. - Hosea 6:3
Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem! Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rain He sends demonstrates His faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring. - Joel 2:23
Ask the Lord for rain in the spring, for He makes the storm clouds. And He will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture. - Zechariah 10:1
Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord. Consider the farmer who waits patiently for the rains in the fall and spring. They eagerly look for the harvest to ripen. You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near. - James 5:7-8
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