There is a layer of snow on the ground. When it came yesterday and last night it was heavy, like a sponge full of water; thick and cold. Perfect for snowball making. It lay on the street in slushy form, as if everyone had just spilled their Slurpee before the flavoring got put in. Then the ugly side of the weather came and turned it hard and colder than it really needed to be.

But I felt it. Did you?

That first hint, when you remember something coming in the future. Maybe a birthday, Christmas, the kids coming home. The thought peeps in the door or you feel it at the window for the first time and the anticipation and planning starts. That first hint of SPRING!

Now I know it is a long time away from the actual sunny days of skipping through the green meadows. But, I you can sense it coming. Just a few more minutes of day light, a few more birds chirping in the morning, a soft breeze that touches you face without the bite. You start to think about gardening, outside projects and you may wonder "Where did that thought come from?".

It is that first hint and sure as the snow on the ground, time will pass and another joyous Spring will be ours to live.

Reminds me of another event I anticipate. Soon Jesus will come again. Do you feel the hints? Do you feel that cool breeze on your face? His voice whispering to your heart? It is Him reminding us that He is coming and when He comes He will take us to our home in Heaven to be with Him forever. Glory! Glorious Spring time!

Light is a wonderful thing. It bends, travels, warms and glows. It would be a sad life without it for me. I enjoy bright colors, sunny days and that "curl up like a sleeping cat" feeling when the sunlight comes through the window in winter.

The down side of light it that you can't hide things in the light. DUST! (Glares its ugly head) CLUTTER! (Go away bad dream, BOO!) I try to choose to enjoy the light and not let the other thing get me down until I can take care of the monsters.

I have been thinking about the fact that light bends. There is the spot light that obviously puts light in one spot. Hence the name. But even at that some of the light seems to seep out around the edges and nudge the darkness back just a little more. Light does what is is supposed to do.

Now for the applications. When light is shown on some big terrible thing, we look at it and say how bad, disgusting and horrible that thing is. But if we look at the nature of light, it doesn't just illuminate that one huge terrible thing we are all looking at and despising. Some of the light will spill over on us and press against that dark things that need to be uncovered in us. If we look, it will show us something about ourselves. Yes, the big terrible thing needs fixing and exposure, but maybe we should open our eyes to see what we can see about ourselves and other things around that the light exposes. Attitudes, lack of love for others and maybe more......

I don't want to shrink back into more darkness and away from the light. I want to embrace the light that comes my way.

Wow! what a wonderful holiday time. Family and friends. It was so good just being with our family and spending time together.

At the start of the new year, I always remember the joke my Dad tells. He turns around several times and then asks someone what he is doing. When they don't know, he tells then he is making his new year revolutions. Get it...turning around...revolutions. Ha!

I came across another thought about the new year and resolutions today. In the Bible we don't hear much about the resolve of people. Sure Joshua made the declaration about himself and his house and we can sight many more. But, the thing we hear the most about is what these people did. Our resolve can be as good as gold. We can state it, proclaim it to the world and even put it in a written form. But we still must remember the early followers of Christ and what was said about them. It is not the "Resolutions of the Apostles" it is the "Acts of the Apostles".

Dear Lord, let me have more "acts" this year.