fresh like fruit.

I am truly happy when I eat fruit. it is just so tasty and juicy and FRESH.
the Pacific Northwest resembles fruit in the way that it is fresh. I had a couple ferry rides yesterday getting to Port Orchard to help with my cousin's pirate themed birthday party. On this ferry ride it was very much refreshing. to step out on the upper deck and feel the crisp breeze, to watch the birds fly above the water, and see trees and mountains in the distance... it was beautiful.
I am anxiously awaiting the days of summer so that I can fully immerse myself in the nature and beauty of this place.
I read in a book once that God can use seasons to romance us to Him. These seasons can change from year to year but this year I can definitely tell that God is wooing me with summer. It's like I want to take a bite out of the scenery. A while back on a walk, I just had it in my head how much I wanted to "drink" in the cherry blossoms. Inadvertently I have the hunger and desire to consume God and what is His.
(All these thoughts remind me of Flannery O'Connor and the Eucharist.)

So I invite you, my few fellow followers, to celebrate this upcoming week before Easter and enjoy the freshness in this life He has given us. Eat fruit! Be messy with it! let it get all over your hands and face. Get outside. put some rad sunglasses on and jam out to music. Friends-- be happy! and think of the resurrection while you're at it.