Spring has Sprung

It has been amazing to watch how the leaves, bushes, flowers and other vegetative growth have literally sprung forth during the past week. I do not recall a previous year where the change in temperatures and growth has been so quick and noticeable. Now, according to our calendars, all this was supposed to begin this year sometime right around March 20, with that being the first day of astronomical Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. However, most of you probably recall the snow and temperatures in the 20s and 30s around the time we were all expecting a warm-up. It seems to me to be one more reminder of how we cannot manipulate or control the timing of much of anything, to include the weather and the seasons.

2 Peter 3:8-9
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.