I suppose we can never be sure if it is actually spring or not, as I write this (18th March), it felt like spring was coming a few weeks ago, and now we are back with a cold spell.
Spring is a time, I feel for getting ready, the garden, a spring clean, whatever it is, it’s all about getting ready.
I was nearly tempted to go out in the garden and start there, but the cold spell has sent me in backdoors again to watch and wait.
As I am watching the garden from the comfort of the office, I can see my bird house (see front cover).
I got it a few years ago as a gift and have set it up on the fence, and I watch the garden for birds (again, see the picture on the front cover), I quite enjoy them coming and going. But the bird house, well, that remains empty. Plenty of visitors round about, but nobody has set up residence…… yet….
But, for the first time this year, we have had visitors, a pair of birds have been in and out a few times. Not sure if they have officially set up shop, but it’s the first time it’s been this close. We watch and we wait…
It’s a mixture of patience and perseverance, there is nothing I can do to entice them,
I hope, and I wait.
I have faith you see, faith that with patience and perseverance, that change will come, and that someone will come and visit, and stay!
We are going through Lent at this time, and that takes patience, and perseverance as we journey our way to Easter. Some days might seem hard, some days we want to give up, but we must look on each small step hopefully because we know we are going in the right direction.
Over the last few weeks, we have had a few different visitors to the church, some have come back, we don’t know if any of them will stay for the long term, but we must hope they do.
At the end of the day, plenty birds can ignore the bird house and fly by, but if any show an interest, that lifts my heart, give me hope, and I know that someday some will take residence, because the shelter is provided.
We are a shelter for so many, when people come to visit, let us look on in hope, a hope that with the right welcome and the right encouragement, some will stay.
Spring is in the air. Remain in hope!
Your Friend and Minister
Alan
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