Why Am I Writing? Still Waiting for Spring
And it's already here.
Still waiting for spring, but I know it’s already here. By the way, my middle name is Mark, too. :)
The Truth
God sent me His love letter, when I was 13. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIMrXwyLK2g&list=RDHZM_UspVJdQ&index=28
When I was 15, I received a promise that I would never want as long as I would be looking for the Truth. As an example that the promise has always been fulfilled, I remember that, at one point, I lost my job and had only $1,000 in the bank, but I owed a friend $900. I figured he would never see his money, unless I would give it to him, which I did. The very next day, I had a job, teaching in Prison Education in the University Behind Bars program in Massachusetts, where I lived at the time.
The feeling
For 23 years, I used to ask my students if they knew about a feeling that is best described as a longing that is so beautiful that you don’t want it to end. One in three hundred did.
i read ,. the real life is yet to begin... glory and thanks to the Father Son and the Holy Spirit
I can sense a beautiful longing in all life now, my physical- the wee bit of extra sun time, relief that the apex of the winter solstice has almost a month now past, tonight it’s getting chilly again, low 20’s F, tomorrow expecting mostly clear skies ( those darn trails were staining the sky at dusk) temperatures predicted to raise to low 50’s -
This temperature change induces sap to rise in deciduous trees - tomorrow morning I’m tapping a few sugar maples. No one told them it’s only January. They don’t need the words to know.
for 5 years now, small scale, I’ve had the pleasure noticing this. I’ll let you know how much runs in this spurt. The reduction is about 45-50 to one ratio. Last year was fortunate to end up with about 3 gallons- plenty for the year :)
Great song for your words. Thank you