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It’s been unseasonably warm this week. And while the forecast might promise a slight drop in temperature in the future, it looks as if we might have just skipped over the best kind of weather, when it’s not too hot and not too cold. Folks who thrive in the warm weather are superheroes to me. I’ve never quite been able to embrace an 83 degree Wednesday in mid-April.
The best part of these days, for me anyway, are early in the morning, just before the sun comes up, and late in the evenings, as the birds fly back to their seasonal homes. I spend those times out on my patio, listening to Carole King or Mac Miller. It's quiet, peaceful, a solid time to offer some prayers for the world, and my siblings and parents, all of you.
On Easter morning, I started to notice the daffodils outside my house begin to green. Just barely, but enough to take notice. Perhaps they will prove themselves resilient in the warm April weather and bring with them the bright new whites and yellows that are hidden among the buds.
Life always finds a way. What has appeared all but dead to me, lost to cold for so many months, has been brought to life - an imprint of the Easter season. Life rises from the dark and cold clutches of death. With it, our world is, once again, full of color and beauty and chirping sparrows. And while the world remains in the clutches of fear and violence, it is life and beauty that still finds a way.
It is no mistake that the Easter season takes place near the full bloom. God’s creative love stands as a reminder that the richness of life and of beauty will always return, even when the dark and the cold have gripped us for so long, and even if that darkness might still grip us today.
God has turned a renewed light on for us, shining brightly, illuminating paths, and bringing about the consoling warmth that is good for the soul.
I know it’s a busy time of year, and there are a million things you need to do before the semester ends. But this time of year is a gift, a reminder to open our eyes to the fruits of God’s creative love.
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