Renewal TimeHere we are, where life has begun again to show--around us grass is greening, trees are bursting into blossom, and birds, rejoicing, are courting and building their nests. Within us, past bad habits carried out for countless dreary days are vanished like last year's leaves in the spring breeze, and new patterns laid out and built in the winter of our striving, have budded and spread new life throughout us, promising better, healthier, and more joyful life ahead. We know by now the harvest will be worth the price, for as we keep our eyes on our achievement, the struggles slip past into dim memory. I pray that whatever you've chosen to do new or better lately, that you keep up the great work until the results speak for themselves and you experience the lightness of knowing those old habits will never trap you again, never hold you down or keep you from what you can be and are becoming. The Easter promise of Christ's resurrection and His gift of the Holy Spirit give us the power to
