May Day
The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. (Harriet Ann Jacobs, 19th century freed slave and author)
We who live in areas where the four seasons are clearly distinct, eagerly welcome spring every year. But something even more reviving to our spirits than spring are the events of the first Easter that we celebrated just a few days ago. What God offers is not seasonal but everlasting life, in response to faith.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25)