Although it is still about four weeks until spring is officially here, I am looking forward to new growth in not only the trees, grass and flowers, but also in myself. I read this morning from CS Lewis, "The Joyful Christian", about how we sometimes long for the first fervor of our christian conversion and are disappointed and sometimes remorseful that we do not feel that way anymore. In essence, he said that they are simply memories and if we only except them as that they will nourish us. He says the bulb is planted and if we leave it alone the flowers will bloom; but if we dig them up and fondle and sniff them hoping to get last year's bloom nothing will happen.
I have been guilty of this in the past...wondering why I don't feel that same awesome warmth and joy I have felt many times in the past. Today I realize that as long as I feed and water the seed, great "new" flowers will bloom! For that I am grateful
the splinter
4 years ago
