Recently, a friend asked me to read an essay, about Spring, to a ladies gathering. The author, C.W. Gusewelle, was a Kansas City journalist, known locally for his musings about the Ozark Region.
In the article, Gusewelle writes about the differences among the four seasons. Spring, of all the seasons, he writes, best describes life. It's full of ups and downs. You never know, from one hour to the next, what it will bring. Winter and Summer are fairly predictable and from experience we know that life is never all freezing cold or blistering heat. Autumn, he writes is generally loved and enjoyed by everyone. And, it's perfectness isn't what life is all about.
As I go through this season, putting on my heaviest coat one morning, and wearing only a tee shirt the next, I realize old C.W. was correct. Life is just like Spring. We all have our warm afternoons, often followed by icy mornings. Snow flurries can be followed by sunshine, almost instantly it seems. Spring is full of surprises and so is life.
Dear God. Help us through our storms. Show us how to remember that Your Sunshine will triumph over the rain. We ask for Your guidance and grace.
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