We woke up this morning to a beautiful outdoor surprise... a light dusting of snow covered the ground and the flowers on our trees and flowers in our yard. Some of the flowers in our yard and our neighbor's yard have just begun to pop up through the ground showing their bright brilliant colors for the neighborhood to see and enjoy.
As I gazed out the window at the beauty I remembered how marvelous God has made this Earth and the things in and on it. He created so many things for us to enjoy and find joy in everyday if we sit long enough, look hard enough, or just slow down for the moment. The sun has already come out here and it is melting the snow away off of our trees, flowers, and the ground, but I saw it...the beauty He created this morning, and it gave me JOY!
He Never Sends Winter Without The Joy Of Spring
Springtime is a season of HOPE, and, JOY and CHEER, There's beauty all around to see, and touch and hear.
So, no matter how downhearted and discouraged we may be, new hope is born when we behold leaves budding on a tree, or when we see a timid flower push through the frozen sod and open wide in glad surprise its petaled eyes to God.
For this is just God saying- "Lift up your eyes to me, and the bleakness of your spirit, like the budding springtime tree, will lose its wintry darkness and your heavy heart will sing" for God never sends THE WINTER without the JOY OF SPRING.
-Helen Steiner Rice
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