The Hidden Secret

The Hidden Secret
Philippians 4.10-13

It was very dark and gloomy that March. There was still snow in the air, and sometimes on the ground, until mid-way through the month. The sun seemed hardly to peer out from behind grey clouds, and a sharp north-easterly wind blew in off the sea, keeping the temperatures not far above freezing point.

Then, a few days before Easter, there was a sudden change. The wind shifted, the skies cleared, and suddenly there was a warmth in the air. But the best of it was what happened in the little garden right outside the kitchen window. The daffodils which had remained as bare green stalks up to that point suddenly burst into flower. They seemed to radiate colour and light in themselves, whether or not the sun was on them. At last the world seemed to have turned a corner. Spring – and Easter – were on the way...

Taken from Paul for Everyone – The Prison Letters by Tom Wright