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Since the end of spring break, our weather had been a pretty convincing reprisal of winter – cold, wind, snow, and sleet. You name it. We\u2019ve had it. Longer days are the only evidence that this is late March and not February. Today\u2019s post from a year ago is a reminder that spring is coming and that we\u2019re not the only critters looking forward to it\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

Crawdad Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thankfully, a few days of warm weather made short work of our snow cover earlier this month. As the snow piles shrank, huge puddles formed around storm sewers. Many of them were plugged with debris carried by the flowing water.<\/p>\n

All that water made me wish for duck feet or a canoe during my morning walks. But I wasn\u2019t the only critter trying to keep my feet dry while winter gave way to spring. One Sunday morning, when I skirted a storm sewer puddle, a stubby chunk of bark beside the puddle waved at me. I blinked, then bent to examine the talented bit of driftwood.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t driftwood. It was a crawdad, with vicious claws clacking and slender antenna quivering in the sunshine. I pulled out my camera and took picture after picture of this first confirmation that spring was here to stay. When Crawdaddy curved his bony back and stretched toward the morning light, looking positively pentecostal, I wanted to raise my arms and dance along with my newfound friend.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t because worry pinned my hands at my sides. What if someone saw me dancing with a crawdad, my warm weather antenna quivering, my mind temporarily unhinged by the promise of spring? My respectable reputation would be tarnished, and that just wouldn\u2019t do.<\/p>\n

But now, whenever the sun warms my back or streams in my kitchen window or dissolves another snowbank, I think about my could-have-been dance partner. I wonder when the pure delight of worshipping the Creator of spring be more important to me than the impression I make upon others? When will the presence of the Son be my perfect satisfaction?<\/p>\n

I picture Crawdaddy, his arms raised, his threadlike antenna quivering.\u00a0 He\u2019s worshipping his sun with abandon. Why am I afraid to let go and freely worship mine?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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