Countdown
Countdown to spring!
It's March 15th.
Temps are warming up.
Spring bulbs popping up.
In five more days spring begins.
Can't wait to finally dig in!
Countdown to spring!
It's March 16th.
Resume yearly walk
around the country block.
In four more days spring begins.
Even my dog seems to grin.
Countdown to spring!
It's March 17th.
After walking around the block,
anticipated spring yard work starts.
In three more days spring begins
fulfilling an inner yen.
Countdown to spring!
It's March 18th.
After cutting a forsythia bouquet to force,
planted a row of lettuce - and spinach, of course.
In two more days spring begins.
So glad to see winter end.
Countdown to spring!
It's March 19th.
Temperatures are chilly again.
Working inside not as much fun.
Tomorrow spring will begin.
There's much to do in the garden.
It's finally here! March 20th again.
According to the calendar - spring!
Wonder what this coming year will bring?
Can't wait to see flowers blooming.
Can't wait to see trees flowering.
Ah, wonderful, exciting spring!
According to the calendar - spring!
It's March 21st. Birds heard singing.
Though still cold, it’s sunny and bright.
Good to see the birds in flight.
Happy to see spring bulbs
point to the heavens above.
According to the calendar spring!
It's March 22nd. Crocus' blooming.
Weather forecasters say snow.
They've been wrong before, you know,
‘cause it's spring
once again!
According to the calendar spring!
It's March 23rd. When will spring begin?
Snow covers the trees.
I'm not at all pleased!
Where did spring go?
It's covered with snow!
When will spring begin?
When will winter end?
* * * * *
What are you counting down? A birth?
Maybe a reduction in girth?
We find there's always something to look forward to.
A celebration? Maybe the end of the flu?
The end of the workweek?
Weekends to catch up on sleep?
A concert? The end of car payments?
Annual vacations? Retirement?
Paul had another view of what to count.
Not at all measured in how we might count.
It's a continual practice.
An inner quality, not selfish.
It's your spirit growing,
a faith that's sowing
outward to others -
your friends and neighbors.
A kind word, a good deed.
A sharing instead of greed.
A willing, helping hand
offered to those not clan.
A being there
when life's not fair.
A love through example
where others had trampled.
A testimony of faith
so that another's faith
will grow stronger
and they'll hunger
and be satisfied
with all God does provide.
A love personified
where God does reside.
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:6
I will show you my faith by what I do.
James 2:18b
His faith and his actions were working together,
and his faith was made complete by what he did.
James 2:22
We continually remember before our God and Father
your work produced by faith,
our labor prompted by love,
and your endurance inspired by hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ.
I Thessalonians 1:3
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