I Saw Four Robins Today!

I watched four robins today as they collected twigs and dry leaves out of our basement window wells in preparation for building their nest. What a wonderful reminder that Spring is here. Even more surprising is that this reminder comes midst blowing snow and temperatures below freezing! 

Are they crazy? No... just a little early this year, perhaps? 

But it caused me to ponder about all things "spring".

Spring is a time when that which was dead or dormant springs once again to life. When new life burst forth from the cold ground and colour and growth once again replace the monochrome of winter landscapes. 

Spring is always a time of preparation. Farmers prepare to till the earth and sow their seeds in anticipation of a bountiful crop in fall to supply the need for sustenance throughout the winter. Parks and recreational places dust off the stored equipment and prepare to beautify the grounds and attract people to their locals. Golf courses groom and weed, paint and update in preparation for the influx of house-bound people eager to stretch their limbs and chase the ball.

Easter is next weekend. And as we approach this milestone of the Christian calendar I am reminded again that in Jesus Christ we, too, are renewed, reborn, made alive. Because of his death and resurrection we have been made new people – the old has passed on – new life has begun. What an opportunity that presents us. We are no longer tied to or restricted by the past. We are no longer slaves to what was. We are free to renovate and be renovated. And Jesus is always available to plant, to direct, to encourage, and yes, to weed our lives.

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.

The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

1 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

Be the new person Jesus has made you. Let yesterday go! Let him accomplish something new in you this spring. 

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