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This season brings revitalization

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

They’re back again … another springtime and another Easter. I love how the hand of God divinely coordinated the two.

Spring brings the refreshment of green grass, rather than the brown patches of dirt and hardened mud. Buds spring forth from barren tree branches. The branches become alive with the prospect of new leaves to adorn the tree and thus removing its barren and dead-looking state. Flowers start to push their way through the soil to liven our senses to a scenery with a full pallet of color.

In springtime the harsh, hard, cold northern winds are beginning to be replaced with the welcomed, warm southern winds. Birds return to their northern habitats and start building their nests to lay eggs. Their songs can be heard in the morning hours, signaling the bright awakening to a new day. We see the splendor of the renewal of nature all around us. It revitalizes our senses. Somehow, spring seems to come just when we need it most. When we feel tired and weary from the dark, cold days of winter, spring suddenly appears.

When man needed a renewal in his spirit from sins hardened and cold consequences, God brought about a renewal. He sacrificed the life of his son, Jesus, on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. Only someone pure and without sin could pay the penalty for us.

This was God’s plan of redemption and renewal of our sin-sickened souls. We only have to believe that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected to life again, in order to receive the blessing of forgiveness and the promise that this brings eternal life with God.

This makes us “new creatures.” This simply means through Christ’s sacrifice we have a new relationship with God. All our old sins are behind us and as we surrender our former ways of living to conform to God’s way of living, our hearts and minds become renewed as well and we can have a full and joyful lifestyle.

This Easter if you need a renewal in your soul and change, reach out to receive God’s love, and ask him to renew your heart and life … then allow the refreshment of springtime to fill your senses and your soul.

Ÿ Annettee Budzban is a Christian author, speaker, life coach and nurse. You can receive her inspirational CD by sending $12 to P.O. Box 532, Grayslake, Illinois, 60030. You can contact her by email at Annetteebudzban@aol.com.

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