Another beautiful porch pondering day. The sky was full of grayish purple clouds traveling quickly across the sky this morning, Mother Nature and Mr. North Wind helping push the clouds along. Soon the sun burst through and the day enjoyed her blue sky canvas and patches of snow white clouds. My little dandelion garden is full of feathery white umbrellas waiting to dance on the breezes. Two new blooms joined them today, their crayon yellow heads soaking up the sunshine.

I sat in the swing most of the day and enjoyed the day and its sunshine. Been planning my little vegetable garden and flower bed in my mind. I need to empty the cow mineral pots and start my spring planting with new dirt. The pots are so heavy, all of them full of weeds and grass. Gonna take my old rickety double porch rocker, remove the seat slats, put it in the flower garden, and let zinnias grow through the seat. These warm temperatures bring spring fevers but it’s way too early. Winter will surely make several more visits.

My Florida friend is a quote surfer, too, and sends me quotes lots of days. Today’s list was one of my favorites, three of them I saved. “I’ve survived too many storms to be bothered by raindrops,” Unknown. I love this quote that speaks to our resilience in tough times. We all face trials and tribulations in life and with hard work and perseverance we weather these storms. Some are raging storms that test our faith and make us call out to God through our prayers, some are just raindrops that muddle our plans. Life’s storms give us the strength and confidence to see raindrops as small difficulties. Dolly Parton said, “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Who minds a little rain when we’re promised that glorious rainbow!

There are always going to be raindrops in life but God’s grace and his wondrous sunshine can dry those raindrops up. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway,” Emory Austin. I love this quote and makes me think of the birds who sing because they want to not because they have to. As a widow and a mother who has lost a child I often have days where there is no song in my heart but through my faith I manage to at least hum my way through the day. I may not be singing loudly, but I’m humming and grateful for my many blessings. On days when there’s no song in your heart look to God to bring the music back. Psalms 95:1 reads, “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.”

Suzy Kassem said, “If life throws a few bad notes or vibrations don’t let them interrupt or alter your song.” We’re all in charge of our dreams and we have the power to make them come true with faith and hard work. A few sour notes may slow our progress but through our faith we can tune our life to God’s ear. Those bad notes in our songs are all part of our glorious travels on earth. Psalms 57:7 reads, “My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.”

Bible scripture says that all God’s creatures have a voice to sing. Psalm 105:2 says, “Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.” There are new songs of thanks to sing to God every day for his power and presence in our lives. Our life songs ebb and flow through our lives. We’re not always on pitch but God will get us back on key and conduct us through life. Life should be lived like a beautiful melody, full of joy and expression.

“Life is a song — sing it.” — Sai Baba