Is it OK to be blank?  Have you ever been blank?  Contrary to a fear that this might be a bad thing, I am thinking today that it could be a really good thing if we sort it out right. 

Yesterday I spent over an hour moving furniture around.  And it was pretty drastic.  We have a dinning room and what I call a parlor (living room) adjacent to it.  Normally the parlor has living room furniture in it and it serves as a nice place to gather in small groups.  Normally the dinning room has dinning room furniture in it that serves us well as a dinning room for smaller groups of friends.  But that is all changed. 

Maybe it is because of my yearning for Spring, but I am thinking about seeds today, mostly the kind we plant on purpose in gardens so that later on we can eat fresh vegetables.

Mud season for those who haven't experienced it is that time between winter and spring when the winter's grip is being broken and the ground begins to thaw, not into nice dirt but into dirt jelly.  It is what is happening today, encouraged by an abundance of rain here in SE CT (however not far from here to the north the land is being buried under wet snow, and mud season is going to come a little later).  As always this will be a sloppy and sticky time. 

A common phrase "Under the Weather" came to mind today.  Not that I am in the classic sense of this statement not feeling good, but as a result of hearing about a weather forecaster that said this is gong to be a miserable week because of the weather.  What does the weather have to do with how we feel?   Apparently, in some folks eyes, a lot.  

I know this is not an original thought (not many are), but I was reminded of something that would be good for many of us to be reminded of as well today.  I was looking outside our home here in CT and after three days of 40 something much of the snow has melted.  However, there are still quite a few white places where the snow has not melted. 

A time to get together with God, and each other as believers for:

S - Seeking the Lord and all His fullness
O - Offering ourselves to Him in praise and worship
A - Advancing the presence and purpose of the Kingdom of God
K - Kicking down the walls of opposition to the will of God
E - Exciting our faith to new levels and new works
R - Resting in the love of God

From time to time I realize I need to have some fun, to lighten up a bit, to laugh and to enjoy life more.  I like to think of myself as a fun person, but in all honesty, I am in need of this element in my life.  I tend to take life to seriously, to keep things worrying though in my mind, to carry too much weight.  I am a sucker for it, until every once in a while it dawns on me that I am wearing out.  So of course, I call out to the Lord of life to help me, and to my amazement, not only does He find a way to refresh me, but He finds a way to insert some fun into my life. 

At the risk of opening up another ketchup dialog, I am returning to the egg discussion posted time before last.  One further image remains in my mind.  A carton of eggs all nicely placed in their little boxes in nice, neat rows.  Not one is touching another, and the buffer around them is meant to keep it that way for their safety (After all, we don't want any broken eggs in our group).

The song birds have been singing like spring is here.  But a quick glance outside reveals snow and ice still covers the grounds.  So what are they singing about?  We even had a male bird dancing on our railing and singing all his love songs to a female who was following him along.  Funny thing was, they were knocking off snow along the way, and it seemed so out of time.  However, something is up.  Spring is on the way, even if it seems betrayed at the present moment.  It snowed last night again and it is 26 degrees out.