A spring favorite

My all time spring favorite is the hyacinth.  I love how it looks, I love how it smells and I love how it always blooms early in spring.  The hyacinth speaks of hope.  Hope that after a long, cold winter, there is something better.  There is life and beauty and sweet fragrance.

In my Bible’s dictionary/concordance, the word “hope” is defined as, “confident trust with the expectation of fulfillment.”

The season of winter may seem long and arduous at times – especially during the months of January, February and March – however, no matter how long and difficult it seems at the time, we always have the confidence that eventually spring will come.  It always does.

And when it finally arrives our hearts and spirits are renewed by new life, new smells, new beauty, new warmth and the assurance that, once again, we made it through a season of darkness and cold.

Hebrews 11:1 … What is faith?  It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen.  It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.

Faith is what brings us through a season of winter (whether that be the literal months of cold and snow or simply a season of difficulty in life) … it’s what gives us the assurance that eventually spring will come.