FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK... SPRING

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I think most of us are a bit weary from the lingering winter season.  We’ve had record cold this season in Lansing.  But I “count it all joy” (James 1:2) because Spring in on the way!  I can see the “evidence of things hoped for” (Hebrews 11:1) in the gradual shift from winter’s icy and stubborn grip to the insistent call of spring to bring warmth and give new and resurrected life. 

 

With patience, nature will awaken again with a flurry of beauty.  The trees and fields will paint the landscape with unyielding hues of brilliant diversity.  Flowers will bloom in an array of spectacular colors and birds will form a universal chorus to welcome the new season, singing a panoply of praises written by angels: “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised (Psalms 145:3). 

 

In many ways the coming of spring is a theological metaphor for hope.  No matter how cold the world, “we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith” (Gal. 5:5).  We are always moving towards a brighter day, a time of regeneration and new life.  We hold fast to the truth that the Lord Jesus Christ will return in His glory to finish the work of reconciliation (1 Thess. 4:16, 17).

As we emerge from the winter season of semi-hibernation, it means spring cleaning, planting, watering and fixing things.  Perhaps it’s time to do a little spring cleaning in life.  Are there some things you need to discard, fix up and repair? Confessing your sins is a good way to get the spring back in your step.

Pastor Jones

Dr. Melvin T. Jones, Senior Pastor