Dear Sisters,
What a beautiful Easter Sunday! I have loved watching the earth come to life after a long winter! Spring is such a wonderful season, full of reminders of our Savior's resurrection.
My husband teaches a youth Sunday School class, and today they went on a little walk around the church looking for signs of spring, and he made some really beautiful analogies from his plant knowledge, that I thought I would share.
The kids pointed out the green leaf tips forming on the bushes and trees.
Doug explained that a plant turns green because the chlorophyll is taking advantage of the sunlight. The sun isn’t turning the plant green. It is actually, the plant responding to the sun, and using that light to turn green.
We can “come to life” in the same way, as we respond and store up the light of Christ. Our hearts should be filled with that light and we will transform into something beautiful, becoming like our Savior.
They also talked about bulbs that are coming to the surface and opening into beautiful flowers.
Doug talked about how bulbs store up the sunlight and keep it through the long winter, and after they have survived, they are able to break the surface and a beautiful blossom appears.
We each have “winters” and trial periods in our lives, where we need to draw on the light we have stored up, so that when the time is right, we are able to rise above. Those "winter times" can sometimes be difficult, but we are able to become something more beautiful through our trials.
I thought these were some beautiful analogies for Springtime. I hope they come to mind as you go throughout your week and "stop to smell the flowers". Turn your thoughts and hearts to are Savior, the Light and Life of the World.
"I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8:12)
Sincerely,
Lydia
