Spring!

Vandaag is het prachtig lenteweer waar ik woon.
De zon schijnt, de bloempjes steken hun knoppen
boven de grond uit, bloesem alom... Prachtig. 

Ik heb al eens geschreven dat ik zo uitkijk naar
het nieuwe, het nieuwe van de lente en het nieuwe
van God. Ik denk daarbij altijd aan dit lied van 
Nichole Nordeman:
Every Season by Nichole Nordeman

Every evening sky, an invitation
To trace the patterned stars
And early in July, a celebration
For freedom that is ours
And I notice You
In children’s games
In those who watch them from the shade
Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder
You are summer

And even when the trees have just surrendered
To the harvest time
Forfeiting their leaves in late September
And sending us inside
Still I notice You when change begins
And I am braced for colder winds
I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come
You are autumn

And everything in time and under heaven
Finally falls asleep
Wrapped in blankets white, all creation
Shivers underneath
And still I notice you
When branches crack
And in my breath on frosted glass
Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter
You are winter

And everything that’s new has bravely surfaced
Teaching us to breathe
What was frozen through is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season’s change
And so it will be
As You are re-creating me
Summer, autumn, winter, spring

Today we're having beautiful spring weather.
The sun is shining, the flowers come out of
the ground, blooms everywhere... Gorgeous.

I've written before that I look forward to 
everything new. The new things of Spring and
the new things of God. With that, I always think
of the song above from Nichole Nordeman.