The Embers

 It is March One.  Though fire-bright Winter still dominates cold temps and snow up here, there are some embers of Spring smoldering beneath, in a bit of warm now and again.  There will be Mountain High snow this month, but a quicker melt as these Springlike days interrupt the freeze.  So it is with the faith of adolescence.  Do not despair that youth has abandoned any interest or belief in the spiritual life or Divinity issues.  Though secular fires may burn bright in their way of life, the spiritual embers are there.  Fan them a little.  A church that ignores the developing youth is a church with little future for effecting a spiritual balance in our world.  Grandparents, get busy.  And those in recovery who despair of dropouts, reach out.  The embers of recovery are still smoldering beneath the addiction.  Judgment destroys.  Patience and trust brings to a fuller life.