Daffodils are a tiny, but profound demonstrations of the power of God we remember and celebrate in the season of Easter.  Their bulbs will produce daffodils year in and year out – same time, same place.   Bulbs are not seeds but living plants that already have the baby flower growing inside, waiting to bloom. This reminds me of the Natalie Sleeth hymn: “In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.”

The Spirit of God that flows through all life is ultimately indestructible. It is eternal. Nothing can separate us from it.   In the death and resurrection of Jesus, we are reminded that hardship, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril or sword do not have the last word.  “Who will separate us from the love of Christ?   Nothing!” (Romans 8:35a, 38b-39 NRSV)

That is the promise of Easter.
O that we could buy assurance that everything will be easy, but we can respond to the assurance that God gives us. God can see it, can you? It is not to a budget but to the God who will not let us go that we should give, and give regularly and generously. “Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Thanks be to God!

Rev. Don Thomas