Hidden Treasure

   The first flower to emerge out of last year’s curled and decayed leaves was a snowdrop. A single bud blossomed on the first day of spring and lingered for a couple of weeks like a miniature ambassador heralding the long-awaited season of rebirth and growth.

    As winter storms subsided and the sun began to warm the earth, we searched and waited. Would we be fortunate enough to see the delicate, paper-thin petals, or be disappointed – as in years past, when we had missed the unpretentious pageantry altogether?
   Then Elizabeth spied the green leaves sprouting among the silvery, weather-beaten remnants of last fall’s foliage. She ran into the house and announced that a snowdrop had finally arrived. “Is there more than one?” I asked, knowing how few there have been in the past. “No, there’s only one,” she said. One, I thought…well, thank you Lord for that one!  

     The little girls waited patiently over the long winter months for the warm days to return. And with every bud, flower, or bug they discover, they hurry to tell me about their new-found treasures, as if seeing them for the first time. The caress of the warm breeze on their cheeks, the soft grass under foot, and the promise of green growing things makes spring their favorite season. Once again they can run free, enjoying the simple pleasures of God’s creation, unencumbered by confining coats and mittens. They can breathe and feel—be a part of the world of nature around them as it is born anew.  

      I am reminded by the girls’ sheer delight in a humble snowdrop that I too can rejoice over the gifts that God gives daily—gifts that remain hidden from view if I let the child-like wonder for life stay buried underneath the remnants of old thought patterns and decayed thinking. Sometimes we adults have to force ourselves to push upward and out of the dirty soil of everyday routines to receive the gifts that our heavenly Father wants to give to us—hidden treasures He lavishes upon those who have eyes to behold the “One and only God” and whose delight is in Him.   

3:15 PM - Apr. 5, 2006 - post comment

Beautifully said...

YOU are such a treasure to the homeschool community! Thanks, so much, for drawing our attention away from our busy lives to take that road less traveled and witness the faithfulness of God, if we'll just open our eyes and SEE it.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Buckeyeblog - 2:09 PM - Apr. 5, 2006

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Great post! Your handwriting is always so beautiful...almost art in itself.

Boltbabe - 10:27 PM - Apr. 5, 2006

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Oh thank you for sharing this. May we just stay close to our Heavenly Father today - may we so desire and receive the gifts that He has for us today - this is the day that the Lord has made, may we rejoice and be glad in it. In Him, Colleen

abidinglove - 9:45 PM - Apr. 6, 2006

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Oh I have to say, that was so up-lifting.
Thanks so much for the spiritual moments and
for sharing.

MyChildrenAndMe - 7:06 AM - Apr. 19, 2006

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