Monthly Archives: May 2013

I’ve noted that Spring has a certain freshness.  The air is seemingly clearer.  The sunshine is bright.  The ground just begs growth.  In fact, one person talking to me thought that within an hour’s time one plant grew an inch.

I can’t help but see this beauty.

On the other hand, allergies are most acute.  Dust begins to pollinate and pollute the air.  And people air their differences.

Often, to start with, not in a nasty way.  They have been so isolated in the last few months they suddenly feel their need for greater connection.

In past years this has morphed fairly quickly into complaints and grumbling.  There is no intended malice to begin with, just a chance comment and a low sigh.  Not always recognizable, and often overlooked.  The work of a care giver is to hear the sound and respond in kind.  A quick phone call, a short visit or perhaps even a prayer for mercy on that person who is awakening from winter.

May God grant to you and your loved ones the opportunity to take the edge off Spring.  May your days be filled with re-growth of relationship and may your love for others multiply in this time of newness of life.

I’m looking out the window.  The sun has risen and the green grass is rising.  We are into spring and I’m loving it.  I can walk outside without shivering, hear song birds singing and geese honking. 

Soon the farmers will have their seeders in full gear.  Driving back from Regina on Thursday I passed a few.  They are no longer the short boxes of past years, but huge monstrosities that encompass the full road.

Although farms are much larger than yesteryear, the farmers are themselves still lovers of the land.  I talk to a number of them and this time of year holds excitement and wonder.

As I was reading my daily scriptures, I came across another person who loved the land.  His name was King Uzziah.  Here is some of the description of this king:

¹⁰ He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. (II Chronicles 26:10 – NLT)

Uzziah would fit in well with my friends!!