The Brilliance of Spring and the Life Jesus Brings

Are we living each moment of our lives - really living them - and savoring all that God has given us?  Do we see the beauty around us? Well, down here in South Florida a usually obscured and often overlooked tree comes center stage.  Every year, I drive around my town like a crazy woman on a mission to find as many of these blooming trees as possible ... because the magic only happens once a year!

It is a "yellow tab" or Tabebuia Chrysotricha.  I search and search to see if I can spot all of them because I don't want to miss this annual colorful show - and it is always around Easter time - which is perfect. They are so beautiful up against the blue sky!  The yellow is so brilliant that they stand out from areas of the street that you've never even noticed before.  The rest of the year, their leaves are a silvery green, the trunk is pretty scrubby, and they really just blend into all the greenery.  You'd never notice them the other eleven months of the year.  But it's difficult not to notice this!

They are like God telling us that Easter is around the corner and Jesus lives!  These trees are so vibrant, you can't help but think of life and the living and everything you're living for.  They speak to my soul.  They just put a smile on my face.  Wherever you are, even if there is snow on the ground right now, seek out the beginnings of Spring when it comes.  It is revival, new beginnings, and life.  This too is what Jesus brings us: revival, new beginnings, and life!  May God continue to bless you all during this Lenten season, and may you see God in all you encounter each day.  Easter is around the corner!!!