lilacs

Life is definitely not all lilac bushes and spring rain, birds laying eggs and peaceful sunrises.....but its some of it.  It is definitely part of it.  Yes, life is hard.  Sin is wreaking havoc in the world....people are suffering.....but.  Lilacs are in bloom.  Birds are going nuts singing, plucking worms from the green grass, and building their nests to hold their young.  The sun rises quietly and with strength every single morning....and it sets with a magnificent sigh every single night. 

We are called to fight for social justice, to work at our spiritual formation, to obey the Golden Rule.  And we are called to live and to love life and to notice when the seasons change and when our children grow and when there are moments of goodness in the day. 

I'm still fighting jet lag pretty hard but I think I'm starting to win.  I've almost convinced my body that it is in the correct time zone....there have been moments when my kids glare at me as if to say, "mom....just go back to India.  When you were gone, no one was making me change my socks, read my chapters, clean my room, pick up my toys"....and my husband is relaxing.  Finally.  Thank you for your prayers, your love, your meals, your wonderful presence in my life.  All of you.  I'm enjoying lilacs today....can you tell?