Spring is here!

Spring is here! In the air and in my heart. It was a long and cold winter, but spring has sprung. I am filled with joy as I walk outside and see His creation bursting forth. How can you not when the beauty is abounding? He is good and His creation is breathtaking.

Thankfully, spring has come to my heart as well. Just as a North Carolina spring has cold and rainy days mixed into the days of glorious bliss, so does my heart, but mostly, there is joy. I’m thankful for His unexpected (to me) plans.  I sit in amazement of how I ever thought our family was complete without Haven. He knows what we need and I am so thankful. His ways are good, all together good. I’m thankful He finds me worthy of His chastening. New growth is sweeter after the pain. 

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9

I have loved the “Beautiful Things” album by Gungor during this season. The words have ministered to my soul. Seeing that posting the lyrics to all the songs is a bit overkill, I’ll just post the title song as it is so fitting.

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us