Spring

Most people look forward to Spring. After the harshness of winter, the warmer temperatures and the chance to get ouside more is welcome. Flowers start to blossom, leaves return to trees, and the grass turns green again. What’s not to like?

This year is different. We are called to shelter in place, stay home. What a huge dissapointment and a waste of sunshine!

One of the permitted activities is walking. So I am making good use of the opportunity to walk several times a day. I maintain the appropriate social distancing. Frankly that is not too hard as few other people are out.

Besides the exercise, I am finding another surprising benefit. I’ve had the joy of meeting and talking to many of my neighbors. We just speak loudly so our voices carry over the required distances. Some of these neighbors are suffering or lonely. We have brought food to some but most just enjoy the company to offset the loneliness.

These interactions also bring us surprising joy, in the casual conversations and mutual blessings. So let’s all get up and go for a walk.

“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32