It was the first day of spring this past week. Honestly, I
didn’t really notice because it didn’t feel much like spring. The local weather
was overcast with light snow and the high temperature was a mediocre 29
degrees. In fact, as I’m writing this, some of those in the northeastern part
of the United States are digging out from a recent doozy of a snow storm. Yuck!
Anyway, the first day of spring didn’t feel like anything
special; no song birds were singing, no flowers were pushing their way up
through the soil (probably because it’s still frozen and/or covered in snow), and
no bunnies were frolicking around in the clover. One good thing about this
particular day is there was twelve hours of daylight! After this long winter, twelve
hours of daylight felt awesome!
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| An irritated Robin waiting on spring. |
Fun fact, the spring equinox is a time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and
occurring on March 20th. It reminded me of my 34th
birthday; nothing really special about it, just another day of going to work. On
the other hand, looking
at the long list of warm weather house projects to complete, I guess I
appreciated the non-eventful, non-hoopla, mellow first day of spring.
Matthew 11:19 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am
gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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