It was Palm Sunday evening and I was returning from a trip to Nebraska over the weekend. Many warm thoughts flooded my mind as I traveled along and reflected on the joyful events with family and friends. Suddenly, as I came to South Dakota, a winter storm greeted me, and I realized that the remainder of my journey I would encounter ice, snow, wind, and large snowdrifts before reaching my destination. What a warm feeling to arrive safely in a warm home, realizing that there must have been an angel guiding my pathway back home to the little home on the prairie. The storm continued for a few days and one realizes that we do not always stroll through pleasant valleys. As I realize this over a cup of tea, I thought about the many travelers who go to the Holy Land at this time of the year to travel that road to Calvary and also see the empty tomb in the garden. Pilgrims throughout the world, make their pilgrimage to the Holy Land at this time of year to worship at the many sacred sites. Perhaps uppermost in our hearts and minds with those travelers, is the fervent desire that peace may prevail throughout the world.
As I write these thoughts during Holy Week, for you to read next week, may we reflect on the joys of the Easter season, and say, with the pilgrims in this land, "Shalom. Shalom." And may we always in our hearts sing with the angels who announced our Saviors birth, "Peace on earth, goodwill to men!" The cold winter storm now is over, and let's think warm spring thoughts. Warm Thoughts to Ponder: "Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil." Goldsmith. "Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, rocked in the cradle of the western breeze." Halpert. May you have a joyful Easter season!
Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G. Werner.
Published in the Marion Record on April 20, 1995.
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