Spring is coming. Just yesterday, I strolled in my backyard as is my custom after our morning walk. I discovered some budding hyacinths. I was impressed that some of them had not just one bud, but two or three. I am assured these buds will blossom into some of the most fragrant flowers of the season. I purchased them several years ago in the state of Illinois. Each year I’m reminded of that wonderful trip.

Budding Hyacinth

The news when we turn on the radio or television is not good. There are closures everywhere and changes minute by minute. I won’t even begin to talk about the Corvid-19, because I only know it is contagious. 

There is one thing I do know. God does not change. He promises that over and over throughout the Bible. 

When I was a very young girl, I prayed a simple prayer, asking Jesus into my heart. In simple, childlike faith, I believed in him. I knew the story that he died for me and for the wrongs I’d committed. And those wrongs separated me from a relationship with God because he is perfect. It’s true, I was young and hadn’t committed murder or adultery. I committed simpler things. Lying. Temper tantrums (I can remember having them and not knowing quite what to do with myself). Tattling on my older siblings. Sneaking a cookie when I was told to wait until dinner. Little things. Little or big, they’re called sin. Sin separates us from God. Those little things separated me from a perfect God. My prayer was simple. It went something like this:

Thank you God for loving me. For sending your Son to die for my sins. I am sorry for my sins and I ask you to come into my heart and be my personal Savior. I turn my life over to You.

I believe God answered that simple prayer and since that time, he has been in my life. Through the good times. The sad times. The scary times. The painful times. It’s true, I’ve made mistakes and am not perfect—just ask those who live with me! Yet I know he is in my life and has been there since I invited him in. He is available any time of the day or night. Best of all, I will spend eternity with him. 

I hope if you haven’t prayed that simple prayer, you do so—right now. I urge you to not put it off. I pray your life will bud and flourish like I know those hyacinth buds will in a few short weeks.

There are many places where he promises peace. Here are just a few:

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. John 14:27

For Christ himself has brought peace to us… Ephesians 2:14-a

And my favorite:

Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

I hope these words that are rich with meaning, will give you peace. He is the only true source of peace. And health. And life. Best of all, eternal life. Let’s pray for our world. For the fears, real and otherwise. Jesus really is the answer.