It's Spring.  Sometimes it feels like something wants to spring up in me, but is stuck. Or maybe buried under so many other concerns.  This week there were 2 deaths.  An old friend and a long lost nephew.
The birds are singing, my plants in pots are waiting to be transplanted, the sun is shining relentlessly, late into the evening.  There's even a refreshing breeze bringing a sway to the leafy branches.
I feel called to move on.  Yet the reality of ongoing death tries to pull me back down.
How do we move out in Joy, in Spring, in the midst of this reality?

Today I pulled out my journal, read stuff from the end of April. This is just a deposit.
The reality, the Truth that sets free, is that we can bring those hard questions to our Maker, and He graciously spins an answer. In this case, the answer is found by putting together the puzzle pieces of scriptures given.


"For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,"
Says the Lord, who has mercy on you."
Isaiah 54:10

"He has put a new song in my mouth-
Praise to our God,
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord."
so
"Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth."
Isaiah 42:10


Maybe He gave us a new song, but until we sing it the reality of our blessings, our deliverance isn't felt, seen or heard. 
"Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let the shout Your joy from the top of the mountains,
Let them give glory to the Lord,
And declare His praise in the coast lands."
42:11
Just do it.