Fear Not, Spring Forth

It’s that time of year again when the electric grid sheds its skin and sparks disappear into the black sky and the train leaves the station searching for sunshine and rain – lots of rain. #

It’s that time of year again when the sponges on our feet paint the marble floor at work and we complain to our neighbors about the hungry gray skies. #

It’s that time of year again when the cement and sand finally lose their battle against the gravel it tried to consume all winter. #

It’s that time of year for us to remember to embrace the days ahead for all they are worth — without fear, without chains — spring forth my friends. #

Isiah 43:16-21 #

16 This is what the LORD says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters, #

17 who drew out the chariots and horses,
the army and reinforcements together,
and they lay there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: #

18 “Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past. #

19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland. #

20 The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen, #

21 the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise. #