Ah yes, spring has finally come to Bloomington Indiana. Oh happy day and we will be switching to daylight savings time this weekend. There will be more sun to cheer the soul. The best part about having four seasons is the joy that comes when the season you’re in has been long, and we come to a point where we think ok, I'm ready to welcome the next season to come. We had a good winter this year, it was snowy and cold, I loved it. There were times when the sun did not shine for weeks. Now, spring has come, and there is the hope of warmth and warm rain that falls too turn dead winter into green and flower. It's time to plant seed, and watch things blossom and grow. It is a good time, hopeful really. Ah, Hope, it comes with the next season, that's why we long for the next season. Hope!
I have not the ability to speak or write elegently, though I long to share the thoughts in my head. My thoughts sometime come with strong feelings, so most often the safest place for my thoughts to be are in writing, speaking has in it an element of speed, which may cause my thoughts to be spoken with out thought. As I have learned, words spoken in haste and with strong feeling influence may be harmful even distructive. I should be one who speaks truth, but if the truth I speak is surounded by harshness and reaction, if it is not gental and thoughtful, indeed the truth may be spoken, but it may not be heard, or taken to heart. This is why it is said of “the reckless tongue”, “ It pierces like swords” Proverbs 12:18. Should I than be silent? Yes I think I should if I can not be wise in the things I say, if I do not think about what I say before I say it I should be silent. Proverbs 12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid. Go...
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