A beautiful red cardinal has been singing heartily outside my window the past week, as though spring had already arrived.
The robins, now back from wintering in the south, can hardly get a word in edgewise.
A hawk in the nearby park has been gathering twigs for its nest.
And yet a couple days ago we had some snow flurries. This is Canada, after all, and it’s only April. It’s often still chilly enough outside to need a coat.
Doesn’t seem like spring to me.
Do the birds know something I don’t?
In fact, they do. They sense the lengthening of the days and the increased hours of sunlight, things that have escaped my notice.
They know that spring is on its way, even if I haven’t put away my winter coat just yet.
In the same way, God knows a thing or two that we don’t.
He knows when a turnaround in our situation is on its way, even if we can’t see any evidence of a change in the offing.
He knows that our “spring” is coming.
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