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READ: PSALMS 136:1-26; 139:7-12; 1 JOHN 4:7-21\n\n\n\nI was driving my usual route in town when I noticed something out of the ordinary\u2014a mystic cloud of steam puffed from the streets\u2019 vents alongside my car. It looked majestic, floating there in the broad daylight of the winter day. I kept driving and noticed the street was lined with other billowing vents, large cotton-ball puffs floating next to me while I drove.\n\n\n\nI\u2019d been living in that town for months but never noticed the vents before. Yet they were always there, releasing their steam into the world. Only when the temperature got cooler could I notice the white floating clouds.\n\n\n\nIn a way, God\u2019s love is like a street vent. God is always there, releasing His love into the world, surrounding us with it. As we move forward, His love lines the road alongside us. On a warm spring day when life is sunny and bright, we might not notice it. Our hearts are full, and we might not feel like we need to search for His love.\n\n\n\nThen winter comes. Cold, hard times settle in. We\u2019re still moving, driving down our paths, but now we might search out God\u2019s billowing love. It was always there, though, on the warm days and the cold ones. God\u2019s love was perfectly displayed in Jesus\u2019s death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. No matter where we are, that same love is always, always with us.\n\n\n\nI want to remember the street vents are there on those warm spring days. When things are going well, I want to remember God\u2019s love. I want to remember it\u2019s surrounding me and others too.\n\n\n\nMy spring season might be someone else\u2019s winter. They could be moving through the cold, unaware of God\u2019s love surrounding them on all sides. I want to help them feel the love, show them that even though it\u2019s cold, God\u2019s goodness is still billowing, still surrounding them during the journey. \u2022 Jenna Brooke Carlson\n\n\n\n\u2022 Happier seasons in life can point us to God\u2019s goodness, while more difficult times can remind us of our dependence on Him. What season of life do you find yourself in right now? Where do you see God\u2019s love present?\n\n\n\nGive thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (NIV)