What does Spring bring to our Christian journey?
The nature that surrounds us reveals God's true nature. Living things show his greatness and complexity. In winter, the branches on the trees are dry and bare, while on the ground below, slowly decaying, are the shrivelled reminders of what once was so vibrant and alive. Winter is the only season in which we attach names such as "wonderland" and "barrenness" at different points. Yet the winter is not eternal, and spring emerges seemingly out of nowhere. In many ways, spring is like the beauty of the gospel emerging through our world; no force, man, or Hell can stop it.
Na vuravura eda tiko kina, e vakaraitaki koya tu kina na Kalou. Na veika bula era vakaraitaka nanona cerecere keina lagilagi. E dusia vinaka tu nodra sema dei tu ena veika era bula kina, na wai,katakata ni Siga keina cagi era ceguva. Sa qai na cava na Vula i batabata ka soli e vuravura, na batabata, mamaca ni Vanua keina malai ni veika e bula. Ia, e vakagauna ga, ka sa cva tale yani, e tubu talmai edua na Siga vou. Sa tekivu kadre na veika e bula ka serauna main a kenai boi keina kenai rairai totoka. E sega ni rawa ni tarova, vuavua Vinaka oqo, kaukauwa vakatamata.
Christ came into the world like a bud on a tree, a tender and small promise of hope that one day He would grow into all prophesized about Him. In the same way, we see nature reflect this as the buds blossom and bloom and take on their full and proper form in the seasons of life and time. Isaiah 9:6 spoke of the bud to come forward from the branch of Jesse, "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." King Herod sought to cut off this bud by decreeing that all the young boys born during the age be killed, but just as sudden frosts will come seeking to suck the very life from the buds, at the end of the day, the plans of God will come forward. Job 42:2 reminds us, "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted." No force of nature or attempt of man can stop the plan of God. This proved true, and God guided Mary and Joseph to ensure the safety of the budding Jesus so that no human man could cut off God's ordained Savior.
Luke 24 : 46 – 48 - 46 Sa qai tukuna vei ira, "Ni sa volai, sa kilikili kei koya na Karisito me vakararawataki ka tucake mai ena mate ena i katolu ni siga.
47 Ka me vunautaki ena veivanua kecega me tekivu sara ga e Jerusalemi, na veivutuni kei na vakabokoci ni valavala ca.
48 "Oi kemudou mo dou vakaraitaka yani na veika oqo.
- Ena Siga koya e dua e dodonu me Mate – O IKO SE O KARISITO.
- Ocei qai bole na Gone Turaga. – Oqo na Kauvelatai e koto oqo. Sa kua mada mai vakaraica tale tiko eso na veika ena loma ni Lotu – SOLIA NA YALOMU KEINA NOMUI VAKABAUTA KINA CAKACAKA NI KALOU VUA NA LUVENA ENA KAUVELATAI
- Era lewe vica era mai qacoya toka na Vuli ni Macawa Tabu – Oqo o ira era vakasaqara tiko na DINA.
- Sa dede noda lakosivi mai vica NA YABAKI NI Siga ni Mate – Eda bau vulica e vica na veika. – Meda kila na keina balebale vakadeitaki keda ena dusidusi keina lakolako vou nei Karisito.
- Meu tara madaga na veika keimani bau soqona rawa na Vuli ena Macawa Tabu
For our part, Christ’s call to “take up your Cross” is an invitation to follow him on the Jesus Way. It is not contradictory to the “finished work” or the grace of the Holy Spirit, who transforms and empowers us for the Christlike faith and life. May God grant us all the grace and peace to “run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:1b-2a).
Me noda vata tiko na loloma i Jiova, keina veivakalougataki ni luvena o Jisu Karisito keina veituberi ni Yalo Tabu, ena gauna oqo ka tawamudu.
Emeni