April Showers Bring May Flowers

 I have always wondered at the expression.  It usually has a certain truth to it, but I have a black thumb, so no matter how much it rains I cannot seem to grow anything.  My daughter however was not cursed with this trait and so we have tulips now blooming in our back yard on the cusp between April and May.  My point in this is not so much about gardening habits as it is the transitory nature of our existence.  Time marches on.  Regardless of how much it rains or how many flowers will grow, May will always follow the 30 days of April.  And here it is on April 30 with this month about to die and a new month about to begin.  Ends and beginnings.  Our calendar dictates that we face this cycle over and over and over again.  Past months are gone and new months are coming.  Time keeps going.  

Of course, time is not just marching aimlessly.  For those of us this side of the curse, time is marching toward our death and is a continually reminder that this tent in which we live is temporary.  Time is also marching us toward the timeless - eternity.  And each tick of the clock is a reminder of our own mortality and the shortness of the time we have to consider our eternity.  I wonder, have you considered your own eternity?  There are only two options - eternity in the presence of God (Heaven) or eternity apart from the presence of God (Hell).  And there is only one way to secure the presence of God - through the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Will you consider Him and His Word this day?  

Ideas

 Ideas are an important part of life.  But how we view ideas may reflect our understanding of our world.  For instance, if you think that your ideas should be the basis for how you live, you are suggesting that you are in charge of your own life.  If you think that your ideas carry power instead of looking at the ideas of others you may be overly focused on yourself.  How we view ideas can have a lot of impact.  Perhaps the most critical thing we need to understand is that when it comes to ideas we ought to be highly suspicious of our own and instead surrender them, along with our thoughts and attitudes, to the revealed will of God.  Our ideas are not something independent but something that God demands we give to Him.  So take your ideas and give them to God and see what God has to say about them!