The beauty of Spring is beginning and I can hardly stand sitting inside my den as the sunlight starts to illuminate the day. Yes, the temperatures are still winter, but the sense of Spring is erupting within me. My own spirit wants to tell everyone coming for the next two months that God will take care of them. Right now I must be in my yard and garden preparing all of it for its forthcoming beauty! OK, now I’ve written this and I’ll return to today.

Yesterday I finished reading through the NIV bible I’ve been using of late. Today I knew I’d need to begin and I was pondering which version I would read this time. I kept sensing that The Living Bible was where I should go this time. When I graduated from college in 1972 I was given this bible from an older brother and his wife. As I took it from its bookshelf and began in Genesis 1, I had this assurance that this was the right choice.

When I wrote yesterday that I am a new creation, I just have to say that reading God’s Word–the Bible–as a new creation, is remarkable how alive the Word is when I am alive and awake in Christ. It brings a closeness and intimacy with God that creates a confidence in TRUSTING HIM. Once again I write how remarkable our God is!