Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Promise




Outside yesterday, after a stretch of ice and bitter cold, a little green caught my eye.  

I moved some dead leaves, and there, sure enough, 

a few snowdrops were pushing out of the soil.

It reminded me that even in the deepest cold, spring is getting ready.




There's an ancient promise God made to Noah:

As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night will never cease.

Genesis 8:22


Bluebirds at Birdbath


The bluebirds seem to know this.  

They were in the birdbath, lifting their heads in praise with every swallow.