Yesterday on the CBS Evening News, they were reporting that due to the unusually warm winter the Northeast part of the US was having, the cherry blossoms were already popping on trees in Washington DC and New York!! These trees normally go dormant thru the winter, and the blossoms don't usually appear until March. Mother Nature has fooled them, and they have woken up and are blooming.
It got me to thinking how often we as Christians go "dormant" when we are in the winter of our Walk. When things aren't going well, when we are tired and discouraged, the warmth of our hearts often times fades, we go cold, and we become ineffective. We don't feel like praying, we don't feel like going to church, and even sometimes begin to question God.
In these times, a word of encouragement from a friend, an act of kindness, or an inspirational bible verse may be just what's needed to warm us back up and help us be effective as a Christian again.
As we look forward to the end of winter, and the beginning of spring, let's look for opportunities to warm our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and help them to be active in their Walk, and not go dormant.
De Colores
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