I’m not sure if this winter has actually been longer than a typical winter but it sure feels like it. The snow recently melted and now I am surrounded by clouds, the sun is absent, as well as the color green. Everywhere I look brown and gray abound. It’s dreary and depressing, my mood is a reflection of these dismal surroundings.
I was out for a run, looking at the dullness and thinking it was more fall-like than spring when I heard the frogs. The frogs must know spring is here, even though my eyes struggle to see it. When I returned home I saw robins in the backyard, another sign of spring.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
I like to think I know what’s going on but the truth is I only know part of the picture. The robins and the frogs know that spring is here. My eyes focus on the dreariness, which is only part. This week I choose to trust that the fullness is better than the part. I will search for the glimpses of hope, spring, sunshine and green.