False Spring

In the Midwest, it is not uncommon to experience a false spring, a period of time during the winter months in which temperatures and weather conditions resemble spring. After this short period, temperatures plummet and snow ensues as winter resumes until spring actually begins. For most Midwesterners, this cyclical occurrence is met with excitement and then a reasonable let-down when winter continues.

Without carelessly analyzing God's reasoning for such events, it is plausible that parallels can be drawn between this meteorological phenomenon and humanity. As the natural seasons resemble a cycle, so too do our lives. Sometimes our spiritual lives are met with reviving life and then after a short, or perhaps extended period, are reacquainted with dreary complacency.

As winter continues in our life, we have two options: embrace the let-down and settle for complacency or live by faith with hope for the fulness of Christ to embark new life.

The past week has been a week of false spring throughout a large portion of the nation. We all live with the knowledge that spring will come, that life will be refreshed and renewed. May our actions, thoughts, and words resemble this truth as we live now with reviving life and hope for the coming day of eternal life fulfilled.