Good news! Tomorrow is the first day of spring. I love living in a part of the world where there are 4 distinct seasons. I find it fascinating to watch the rejuvenation of things that look dead. Ha! Yes that goes for house plants that I forget about, as well as the trees outside my window.

Did you have to come up with a favorite quote for your high school yearbook the year you graduated? I put this Emerson quote: “All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen”. Well since high school I have lived through a number of things and people dying on me. Not easy. And I have also been blessed to see beautiful often unexpected new things growing – new dreams, new projects, new relationships. These experiences and my faith give me the strength to hold on during the cold grey unclear winter times in my life.

Another reflection on dead things is that…we will all die one day. Funny. That’s one of the only things we can know for sure. Not sure what that thought does for you, but at this moment it motivates me to live in a way that is fully alive, pleases God, and inspires others. No time for holding on to the bad things people have done to me…. Focusing on good things. Moving forward.

You all know that I’m into gospel music, right? Gospel music is that panoply or evolution of black music – negro spirituals, blues, jazz, r&b, hip-hop, etc. The message is basically the good news about a man called Jesus who claims to be God (Liar? Lunatic?) who died, came back to life, and is alive today. Easter is a celebration of Him coming back to life. And interestingly enough, one comment I frequently hear from fans after one of our gospel concerts is how alive they feel.

This Spring/Easter my prayer for you is that whatever died in you would come back to life.

Don’t give up

Happy Spring! Happy Easter!