Today is the shortest day . . .

Hurrah! Today is the shortest day of the year, and that means that from now onwards the daylight hours start to lengthen out, almost imperceptibly at first, but within a few weeks it starts to become noticeable. It starts me thinking about Spring and the abundant new life that the new season will bring with it.

Here's a few of the things that I'm looking forward to:

Lambs in the fields

Proliferation of Daffodils (Wow! That's a long word, must be for a crossword puzzle!)

Warmer days (I hate the cold weather!)

New life all around

All the GREAT things that we're blessed with!

Now I realise that some people will berate me on the basis that all I'm doing is wishing time away, BUT, when you really don't enjoy freezing cold temperatures and both getting up and coming home in the dark, what else can you do but look forward with hope to brighter days?

That's the whole story of LIFE really, isn't it, for as we go through life, travelling on the many different paths that we find, isn't our journey taking us forward to the LIGHT? If the answer's 'No' then it's time to make changes, for we need the Light in order to banish the darkness altogether. Of course, when I refer to the Light there can only be one real understanding of it, and that is the Light of the World. Jesus Christ is the Light of the World, and one day we shall all praise Him in His radiant glory. Now that is REALLY something to look forward to!

What about you, dear reader? What do you look forward to in order to dispel the dark, and often dreary, days of Winter? Let me know!