I absolutely love spring! It seems that as the snows begin to melt and the spring rains come the water has to find its way - often through a variety of obstructions that come in all shapes and sizes, to get to the sea. Some obstructions are difficult for the water to get around, and it builds in volume as it patiently waits for its way to be opened once more. Some obstacles are simply pushed out of the way by the volume of water rushing at it.
Life is so much like water. Every day we have to make our way around obstacles, sometimes they are so big that we can't keep moving, and so we pause, and wait patiently for the way to be opened up for us. As we wait we exercise faith and trust in the Lord, knowing that we will be able to move past even the largest obstacles. Then, one day, the water starts moving again. As it waited it made a beautiful place, lush and green and full of promise. Exercising faith does that, and as we move on past obstacles we are able to leave them behind with beautiful places in our memories. Why? Because we learned so much while we waited there and it brings joy to look back and see the growth and experience we gained while we waited.
Today I just feel happy and feel like sharing that feeling with the world. Life is wonderful. My joy cascades like the waterfalls below. Each one I have visited and enjoyed. Each one is uniquely different from the other, but the one thing that they all have in common is that they keep moving, that water never gives up, even when it looks like it can go no further - then it makes a lake, creating beauty before it rushes on toward its eternal goal - the sea.
I know that as I face my own challenges, they will become beautiful to me as I look back at the growth I gained as I waited and trusted. What joy there is in trust and patience. And look at the beauty (in the pictures above) that is created individually as we each make our way to the sea. I love the spring!!!
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