Springtime Praises

Springtime Praises

by

Pamela Williams

Spring is a glorious time of the year.

All of creation shouts, “Look! God is near.”

Flora and fauna are joining to praise

Jesus our Savior, the One who was raised!

 

Showers are falling. The air’s fresh and clean.

Brown barren grasses quickly turn to green.

Pink weeping cherry and rose redbud trees

Sprinkle their petals to drift on the breeze.

 

Bright yellow daffodils bloom overnight.

Snowdrops and crocuses reach for sunlight.

Tulips bear colors both common and rare.

Fragrance of hyacinths perfumes the air.

 

Finches are calling to mates far and near

Letting the other birds know they are here.

Red-breasted robins are building a nest

Singing and working along with the rest.

 

Down at the pond, we can hear ducklings cheep.

Groundhogs awaken from winter’s long sleep.

Chicks, from the shells of their eggs, breaking free,

Help to remind us Christ rose on day three.

 

Lift up your voices in praise to our King!

Join with the chorus awakened in Spring!

Offer our Savior your thanks and your praise!

For He has blessed us in so many ways!

©2025 Pamela D. Williams

Just One Taste

Psalm 34:8 says, “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good.” A “taste” isn’t very big, but sometimes, that’s all it takes! One smidgeon of something and you are hooked!

The other week I tasted Blue Bunny Soft Mint Chocolate ice cream for the first time. This is NOT mint chocolate chip! Offered in a transparent container, this is creamy, mint-green ice cream swirled with rich, dreamy chocolate ice cream. My mouth started watering as soon as I saw it in the freezer department at the grocery store. I couldn’t wait to take some home to try.

The first spoonful was just as luscious and tasty as I imagined. If you’ve never had Blue Bunny Soft ice creams you will discover the texture is very similar to Dairy Queen’s soft serve—so smooth and melty. All it took was one taste and I could have eaten the whole container right on the spot.

That’s how my experience with the LORD started, too! In 1977 Dick and I met a couple who truly knew and served the LORD. They had something—a living, day-to-day relationship with Jesus—that we didn’t. All it took was a glimpse, a taste, of that kind of intimate, life-changing faith in God to know we wanted more. And the LORD met that desire.

He always will. If we will just give following Jesus a try, He meets us there in that brief, hesitant moment and our lives are never the same.

The small taste of Blue Bunny Soft Mint Chocolate ice cream changed my preferences in frozen desserts—no big deal. However, the glimpse of a life with Jesus dramatically transformed my idea of what it meant to be a Christian!

Jesus doesn’t ask us to meet certain outlandish criteria before entering our lives. All He asks is that we take a step toward Him, to be open to the possibility of walking alongside Him, to take a taste of the forgiveness and abundant life He offers. We won’t regret it for even a second. We will be hooked for life.

Be encouraged!

©2025 Pamela D. Williams