It doesn’t feel like Spring, but no winter lasts forever.

I remember when I felt I would never have love, but love surprised me, when I was not looking for it.

In the same way, God surprised me again. There had been a lull in my life lately, where Fear knocked loudly on my door.

I refused to answer.

Doubt slid up beside me, but I did not hold it’s hand. I remembered what my friend Bill said:”Believe more deeply. Hold  your face to the light,

even though for the moment you do not
see.

Yes, my soul felt numb, and it was tempting to just sink into the comfortable old couch cushions of spiritual lethargy, but I refused to give in to my old companions of worry, remores, or morbid reflections.

Instead, I welcomed  Grace, Gratitude, and Faith to come into the dusty mental hangouts that needed a good Spring cleaning. They danced in, dusting away self-pity dust bunnies that had gathered in the corners of my thoughts, sang songs that felt like the kisses of the wind beneath an angels wings, lifting my spirits, and reminded me of the goodness of life, as my heart strings began to migrate anew. The smiled over my shoulder as I opened my rose covered journal, and gratefully recorded every small miracle and every great blessing I could recall of late.

  This too shall pass, they say.

Yes, it will, because every promise that was whispered to me in a prayer says Yes.

Let’s surrender our darker thoughts and step out into the light.

Live in the small joy of this moment.