I’m currently visiting one of my favorite places. Every other time I’ve come, it’s been in the midst of winter. For this week’s trip, I’ve straddled spring and summer and oh, how different things look! So many sights/sounds I have never seen/heard here before now that everything is fully in bloom instead of tucked down, hibernating under the snow.

That’s the way life is, isn’t it? We all go thru seasons. Sometimes everything seems dead and there looks to be no hope. Other times all seems to be bursting forth at once! What I’m learning is that every season has a treasure to be found.

Winter may look stark but the cold weather beckons us to rest, to slow down. There is much to be found in the slowing down. Be still and know that I am God, the psalmist says. Be still. Winter helps us do that. ❄️☃️

The excitement of warmer months – when the sun is shining and flowers are smiling and birds are chirping and even the bumble bees seem extra bumbly – there is electricity in the air because everything seems possible in the midst of this atmosphere full of life! Expectation. Summer helps us do that. ☀️🌳

What season are you in? Are you able to find the treasure in it? ❤️ Talk to me!