Hope Springs Eternal

A week ago, I was musing late one evening. Below are the thoughts that came that night. Although I intended to post this sooner, life got in the way. Ever have that happen?! Thank God nothing gets in the way of His intentions! May the comfort God gave me then be a comfort to you now.

Remember 2020? That year that we thought would never leave?

Now we are at day 20, month 2, of 2021. The hope that all would be better this year is shrouded in a haze as the whole world remains on hold.

Winter has had its claws all over the nation. Snow blanketed nearly every state just this past week. When will we get a break?

Animals and kids are wonderful. Their love of life helps pull our gaze away from the dark and cold. Our dog JJ’s eagerness to go out in spite of the cool air was enough to make me walk out back before dark.

That’s when I saw it. Them. The flowers. The buds. The new growth. The evidence. Spring is coming! Winter is grasping for all its worth, but it cannot keep its hold on our world.

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)

The cold, the dark, the hurt, the pain of winter does not ever mean there will be no spring. God is the one who sets the times and the seasons. Man is not the master of his fate, as much as he often wants to think so. Jehovah is Sovereign. And He is good. Just like a loving father wants his children to honor him and trust him, so God wants us to revere Him for who He is, and to relax in His trustworthiness.

Be encouraged. Spring is on its way! When Jesus left earth, He told His disciples that just as He went, He would come again and take His disciples to be with Him where He is.

Spring is coming. It may look like winter here right now, but the Lord has promised and He keeps His word. Jesus is coming, probably sooner than we think.

Spring is coming. Winter will blow hard another few times, trying to make us believe we have no hope. Don’t believe it! We have great hope!

“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus,…”. (Hebrews 6:19-20)

Jesus is coming again. Just like the buds foretell that spring is on its way, the events in our world remind us that the Lord Jesus Christ is returning soon, just as Scripture foretells. Winter will not last forever. Neither will the things of this world.

Spring is coming! That gives me hope to make it through another winter day. But Jesus’ coming? That’s what gives me hope to make it through every crazy day in 2021 and beyond, until He comes for us!

Hallelujah, Spring is coming again…but so is the “Dayspring from on high!” Both events give us hope. One is temporal. The other is eternal!

In case you need a song, how about, “My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus name!”

Today, I’ll lean on Jesus. How about you? He made the earth and everything in it, and He is the One who will bring springtime to earth when He is ready. More than that, He will return to earth exactly when the Father is ready!

When Christ returns, He will set up His Kingdom of righteousness. Every wrong will be made right, and there will be no more “winter,” ever! Those who are His will enjoy the joy of His Kingdom, with Him, forever!

If you don’t know this amazingly wonderful Savior and Lord, I’d be glad to help you know how to meet Him. If you already are His, rejoice. Spring is coming!