Fourth day of Spring

I'm sure we are all aware that is the 4th day of Spring. I don't know what the weather is like where you readers are, but here, where I live, it is snowing! I must say I am not too surprised, but a little bummed, that Spring isn't really quite here yet.
Sometimes, we can get disappointed by the weather, by people too. We are constantly being disappointed some way or the other. But God never disappoints. He is ever constant. We may think He has forgotten us, but that is never the case when we deeply look into the situation. But we can disappoint Him, as sinners. All the time. But He forgives us. And our minds cannot fathom that, because we are human. He is not. The Lord is amazing! I awed by Him, so very often! His mercy is new every morning, isn't that correct? He never will disappoint us. I love that. He has been my ever constant Lord, forever. He has never let me down. Done things that I didn't expect, yes, but never disappoints. And yet I disappoint Him. By being sulky when asked to do something, when I say something angrily to my sisters, ect. I know I will have consequences, but I also know that He will forgive me, a lowly sinner.
So, this fourth day of spring, even if it disappoints me just a little, I know it is a gift from Him, because He makes all things how they are. I have no doubt.
Give Him praise for this Spring, give Him glory for this day. He gives us love, shant we give something in return? Even though we need not?

In Christ,
Raechel

Spring to Life!

Yes,it is finally spring! I thought I would share with you a challenge for this spring and summer from what I read in my personal devotions recently:

   "So many people walk through their entire life as though they are asleep.They miss the wonder and glory of the world around them,and they are not even aware that they are missing anything at all.The peson who sleeps all the time misses so much.The same is true for the person who closes his eyes to the beauty of God's world.  God made His creation,and He saw that it was good.He gave dominion over the earth to men and women to share with them how good it is.Our lives are the creation of God,and they,too,are good.It is important that we embrace the goodness of our lives and thank God daily for what we have been given.It is no good to sleep throughout the bulk of our lives.We should wake up.Wake up to the creation that God has given us.It is good,and it is right in front of us to enjoy and take hold of.It was out of God's love for us that our world was given,and it should be from love that we return thanks to Him."*

This spring,ask God to wake you up.When you become fully awake to His beauty and grace,you will never

 want to go back to sleep!

 ²⁴This is the day which the LORD hath made;

we will rejoice and be glad in it.

(Psalm 118:24)

¹¹For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

 ¹²The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle(dove) is heard in our land;

(Song of Solomon 2:11,12)

*From Daily Wisdom from the Bible Journal,published by Barbour Publishing,Inc.

Used by permission.