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The Good, Bad and Ugly of Spring

by Jerry Ousley  
4/25/2009 / Christian Living

The last few days around Southern Indiana the sun has been high in the sky and the temperatures have been very pleasant. After so many days of gray skies this winter it makes one squint to look up and the sun almost seems like a foreign object. But, hey, I'm not complaining. Really it is the perfect temperature mid 70' and 80's; not too hot and not too cold. You can get outside and enjoy the fresh air but another benefit is that it's also a very economical time of year. You aren't watching your money go out as the knob is adjusted up on the thermostat nor are you watching the wheel go faster and faster on the electric meter when the air conditioner kicks in. You can throw open the windows and let that cool breeze blow through the house and, well, what can I say? It's just a good time of year.

This time of the year several things are taking place however. First of all the frogs begin to "holler." That's an enjoyable sound on a nice spring night. We know that it is mostly mating calls from the males directed at those "beautiful" female frogs. Kind of makes you wonder what they're trying to say though doesn't it? "Love me tender, love me true" or "I think I love you!" It just doesn't sound the same in frog talk.

Other reptilian life forms are also emerging Namely snakes. I don't like snakes. Well, let me clarify that, they are fascinating to watch as they slink and curl behind a thick glass but when they are right there in the yard, well, I may be a man but let me make it plain I DON'T LIKE SNAKES! Deb and I took a stroll the other evening in the yard and found two of those varmints around our front door. That is not a good thing!

Another change happening in the spring is . . . did you hear it? Right you are that funny quiet sound . . . you know what that is? Yep! The grass is growing and the job of mowing is in full swing! Mowing is one of those jobs that don't seem too bad until you've done it every week since the first of April and it's now mid-summer and you know you've got to keep doing this until sometime in late October. It just isn't one of my favorite jobs. But it goes along with summer so I guess I'll quit bellyaching about it and get to it.

The seasons come and go and even though we find something to complain about with each one, the change is good (for instance, "It's freezing outside I wish it would warm up!" or "Man it's hot out there! What I'd give for a snowball right about now!" or "That's all it does in the spring is rain, rain, rain!" or "Fall wouldn't be so bad if all these leaves weren't around to rake up!" Get my point?).

Some people think that the seasons are changing. No year is exactly alike and I do believe that there is an increase in devastating storms. There are those who believe that by the end of time you won't be able to tell the seasons apart some even claiming that's what the Bible says. But here is what the Bible really says in regard to the seasons: "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" (Genesis 8:22). That pretty well sums it up. God's going to take care of us. The day will come when the world will end and it does make sense to be ready for that event because even if it's a thousand years away we don't know when it is scheduled on God's calendar. But until then we need to learn to enjoy the seasons, take the good with the bad, and let those lessons in nature teach us those things God wants us to know. Have a great Spring!

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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