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"But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." (Hebrews 3:13 NASB)
I turned off the morning news after eating breakfast this morning. In spite of a few hopeful stories the tidal wave of bad news from the Caronavirus was drowning me in a sea of helplessness. Over and over I asked myself, “What can I do?” but had no answer.
Instead I walked outside, stood on my back porch, and breathed in the clean April air. I heard dozens of different birdsongs blending together to welcome the rising sun while two Woodpeckers provided the drumbeat. I looked at the rapidly greening and growing grass and wondered how long before I would have to mow it. I saw the first flowers peeking out of the soil too. A bumble bee tumbled through the air by my face and a delicate butterfly followed behind it. I saw Robins building nests in the trees and the buds beginning to turn into green leaves on their branches. A rabbit hopped along the fence line, turned to look at me, and then bounced away without a care. All around me the Earth was coming alive while I was stuck in my fear. I walked out into the yard, felt the warmth of the rising sun on my face, and thanked God for the day. It was at that moment that an answer to my question came to me in a quiet corner of my soul. "Share your Spring!", it said.
If you are asking yourself what you can do during this difficult time my answer to you is to share the Spring within you. Every letter you write, text you send, phone call you make, e-mail you share, picture you post, or video you send out is a gift. Fill them all with your light.
Fill them all with your love. Fill them all with your Spring. Use them to lift your spirits and the spirits of everyone you can. The greatest gift God gives us is the gift of Love. No fear can stand against it. No problem can outlast it. Give your love freely then in every way you can. And always share your Spring!
Joseph J. Mazzella
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