Signs of life

Signs of Spring are emerging in our yard. I am beyond thrilled! The sun is shining. The boys are practicing t-ball in the front yard. The soccer coach called today and the first practice is scheduled. Can it be? Is Spring really here?

I love living in Michigan and enjoying all the differences of the seasons. This winter has just seemed particularly long and cold. I am sure that it is basically no different from any other winter, but we have been anxiously waiting for the day to shed our coats and feel the warmth of the sun on our faces.

One of my favorite songs is called Every Season and is so fitting of this time of year. It reminds us to find God in the little things and appreciate the changes in each season. The artist is Nichole Nordeman and she is totally amazing. My college roommate Jill, worked with Nichole in Nashville and became good friends with her - Jill has even co-written some of her songs. Her songs and melodies never cease to inspire me. I quoted part of another one of her songs, Sunrise, for my sister's wedding.

Every season

Every evening sky, an invitation

To trace the patterned stars

And early in July, a celebration

For freedom that is ours

And I notice You

In children’s games

In those who watch them from the shade

Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder

You are summer

And even when the trees have just surrendered

To the harvest time

Forfeiting their leaves in late September

And sending us inside

Still I notice You when change begins

And I am braced for colder winds

I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come

You are autumn

And everything in time and under heaven

Finally falls asleep

Wrapped in blankets white, all creation

Shivers underneath

And still I notice you

When branches crack

And in my breath on frosted glass

Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter

You are winter

And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced

Teaching us to breathe

What was frozen through is newly purposed

Turning all things green

So it is with You

And how You make me new

With every season’s change

And so it will be

As You are re-creating me

Summer, autumn, winter, spring

- Nichole Nordeman

Welcome Spring! We are so glad you are here!