Engaging Our Five Senses this Spring!
Never was Spring more welcomed than this past March.
Longer lit days, the promise that when one season closes, another will open.
I wonder if we’ll notice more this spring as we work, play, and do school from home. If the necessary pause in our society will heighten our awareness to God’s goodness in ways we all experience — salvation, biblical community, a baby’s birth, nature — as well as the way He personally ministers to us through His Word, prayer, and even our God-given senses.
My hope is that we don’t see the following only as a list to check off or something to look for, but also, opportunities to praise our Maker.
This is one way we slow our soul down to a holy pace.
What We See:
- Leaves unfolding from a long winter’s nap.
- Daffodils and other memory-making flowers. (It’s hard to pass a patch of these tiny trumpets without thinking of my grandmother. She loved old-timey varieties that held a touch of sweetness.)
- Song Birds gathering twigs, mud, and feathers for their nests.
- Kites catching spring winds and riding them across the sky.
What We Hear:
- Bird songs, especially early in the morning before their day begins. “In the trees nearby, the birds make their nests and sing.” Psalm 104:12 GNT
- Lawnmowers (and if you have four acres, you’ll hear it for hours).
- A personal concert created by wind chimes stirring to rhythmic winds.
- Collisions of unstable air, moisture, and lifting in the atmosphere, producing spring storms that hold the power to jolt us from our bed. And on those days you might enjoy “Engaging Your Five Senses on a Rainy Day.”
What We Smell:
- The sharp, distinct scent of a freshly mowed lawn.
- A musky mingling of soil and air when the shovel turns its first scoop onto the ground. It’s the fragrance of spring!
- The savory fragrance of meat on a grill.
- A clean home, but not perfectly so. A comfortable home creates a sweet fragrance that lingers long after any cleaning product is gone.
- Spring flowers, heavy with the scent of victory, for they survived the winter.
What We Touch:
- Tufts of green moss carpeting the woods nearby.
- Sandals instead of boots. Light sweaters, not heavy. Bye, bye bulky.
- Spring breezes that scoot through open windows.
- Pool water, because we want to believe it’s warm enough for a swim.
- Feathery fern fronds, lacy Japanese Maples, bristly pine needles, and smoothly textured leaves.
What We Taste:
- What have we not tasted during this quarantine? Sweet mercy!
- Strawberries (Subscribers, watch your inbox today for a simple, old-timey Strawberry Pound Cake recipe from my namesake, Catherine Edwards. Did I mention there’s icing involved?)
- Fresh produce. Now’s a great time to support our local farmers.
- Is it safe to say we could be tasting a bit of loneliness? Being apart from those we love, our church gatherings, and perhaps even from the loss of normalcy. It’s okay, you’re not alone. But distance doesn’t have to distance us where it matters.
- God’s goodness. Every moment, every day. Memorizing a Scripture verse is one of the most powerful ways to engage our season, both in spring and life. Click here to download spring-inspired verses.
“This is what the LORD says⏤he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, the poplar trees by flowing streams.” (Isaiah 44:1-4)
So tell me, what’s your favorite part of spring?
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