THE MUSIC OF SPRING

Spring has officially arrived with warmer weather setting in and sunnier days chasing away the gloom and harshness of winter.

Goodbye to the gray days of winter. Hello to Spring!

Spring is like a rebirth - what once was lying dormant is now coming to life. Our hearts are glad for a new season. 

It might even be appropriate to say that "Hope springs eternal". You can see it just by glancing outside our windows....and, most importantly, even inside of our hearts.

Jesus, who is our eternal hope, never goes out of season.  He's always encouraging us to let our hope grow and our faith bloom - so what's happening outside in nature can also happen inside of our hearts.

Hope is the music of Spring.  

Hope that we will grow and bloom after the difficult season of our winter.  As Isaiah 35:1-2 says:

"Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.  The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.  Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy!" NLT

Look at that verse closely.  It says in this version "there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy!"  What an image to visualize. Hope is springing up in abundance.  

The Biblical definition of hope to me is this: a certain expectation of good things to come.

In our Spring, we can look for the joyous melody of God's everlasting love and celebrate the promises and blessings He gives to us. Our spring season can be full of rich foliage and vibrant growth.  

It's a time to sing and make music in our hearts to our God.  We can have a song of hope in this season, which is a melody that God bends down to listen to.

According to Julia Bettencourt from Creative Ladies Ministry, we can look forward to our Spring because.....

God Will Give Us Wings To Fly (joyful soaring).

He has a wonderful way of taking our lives and molding them to do great things.  As Christians, we have a wonderful fulfilling life. Isaiah 40:31

God Gives Us Food For Growth.

We have God's word to guide us and make us grow. Jeremiah 15:16

God Gives Us A Song.

The strength that joy brings to our lives should make us walk with that Spring in our steps.  Nehemiah 8:10

So what are we waiting for?  Let's hear the music of hope and sing to it.  Let's allow our hearts to dance for joy.

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us."