Vicar's Corner
April  2010

Abundance.

Have you thought about abundance lately?  Maybe the word itself hasn’t been foremost in your mind, but we celebrate abundance especially at this time of year.  After all, isn’t that what Easter is all about?  The empty tomb is evidence that God’s love cannot be contained – it bursts forth into the world bringing life and bringing it in abundance.

It is a truth that the very earth declares.  Springtime reverberates with the message of new life – inspiring hope, bringing healing, helping us to see possibilities in impossible places.  This is the time of year when just feeling the warmth of the sun can change the very core of our being.  This is the season of miracles.  They are abundant.

Just glancing out my window I am transported by beauty – for a brief moment the sun has transformed drops of dew into jewels shining in the emerald grass.  The sight lifts my heart and I am in awe of the gifts God sends our way.  If I hadn’t glanced at that moment, I would have missed the gift. 

How many have I missed?  Far too many to count, I am sure.  The wonder is that the gifts keep coming, even when we are too busy, or too distracted to notice.  That is the nature of abundance – there is more than enough. 

The daffodils trumpeting joy, the tree limbs bare just yesterday now showing buds, the intricacy of a spider web moving in the gentle breeze; these are the quiet little miracles waiting to be noticed – collected and held in our hearts.  God sends this beauty to remind us of the abundance of love, and to inspire us. 

All we need do is notice, to be intentional about recognizing the wonder of the world in which we live – to fill our grateful hearts with the images of quiet little miracles that abound.

Blessings,  LouAnn+