After a long winter

This is a photograph of Capitol Market in Charleston. During the summer, this area will be filled with vendors, selling locally grown fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Just now, though, the outdoor area of the market is empty. Waiting. Dead, in a way.

As I stood looking at it the other day, I was thinking of what it would be like in a few months. Full of life. Full of the produce of the area. Full of people shopping and selling. Lively. Alive. Awake.

Resurrected after a long winter. I know that because I saw and experienced it last summer.

Faith in God is harder than that, but offers the same reassurance.