Tuesdays Devotion: A Winter Surprise

Romans 15:4   For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

It had really been a rainy, dreary week!  I don’t remember the last time I emptied my rain gauge but yesterday it measured 10 inches of rain.  Even when it wasn’t really raining yesterday, the air was thick and wet. My roses and snapdragons have finally stopped blooming.  Everything in the front yard is brown except for one surprise in the flowerbed in front of the carport.  A few days ago I went out and found a yellow daffodil in full bloom.  It actually has three blooms and another bud about ready to open.  I thought about hope and I thought about the trinity.  Even when winter looks drab and dead, we know from the past that soon plants and trees will begin to bloom again.  When things don’t seem to be going well in our lives, perhaps we can look to God’s faithfulness in the past.  As the flowers spring eternal so does hope.  Life is in a cycle.  We can take hope in the thought that whatever the situation, this too shall pass. 

Great is your faithfulness O Lord.  When winter comes and takes away all that seems to be vibrant, we know that soon and very soon signs of beauty will return.  And we know that the world around us is not dead, it is just at rest and in your kairos time things will change once more, according to your will. May this be with our lives, also.  Amen.