Spring! It's busting out all over! Riding into town a little while ago, I was fascinated by the roadside scenery. Old broken down stumps were coming to life with feathery green fronds sprouting up from their depths!
I had seen red bud trees in cultivated yards before, but nothing like the beauty of those springing naturally and helter-skelter in the woods, their branches waving skyward with pink and purple blossoms, really a lavender shade of variegated buds!
All this with a backdrop of hills and valleys of a technicolor green that defies description! Black-and- white cows grazed peacefully on their dew-dampened treat and sustenance. An occasional calf was spotted nestling close to its mother to feed.
Our road was largely deserted, except for an occasional speeding vehicle that couldn't wait to get past us. We sailed along, enjoying the views and the swooping, up and down curves that straightened now and then for a short swath.
I again noticed a beautiful country house that has been under construction since we moved here months ago. A smaller house was built right next to it, evidently a mother-in-law cottage or maybe a guest house.
Thinking of the old stump that sheltered new growth, the calf with its mother, and the carefully built and finished home, I noticed a comparison. Jesus can bring new life and vitality into a repentant soul, lifting one out of sin and degradation. The young believer can be guided and spiritually fed just as the mother shelters her calf.
Jesus said he is preparing a place for us. "In my Father's house are many mansions; If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2. No doubt a house unequaled by any on earth!
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