Seasonal Milepost – Early Spring Awakening

Day 112 of 365

A lone Mourning Cloak butterfly rests quietly among last season’s pine needles, its wings absorbing the warmth of the returning sun. While much of the Northland still lingers between winter and spring, this hardy traveler has already emerged—having spent the long months hidden away beneath bark or leaf litter.

Unlike most butterflies, the Mourning Cloak does not wait for spring to be born—it survives winter as an adult, becoming one of the first visible signs that life is stirring again.

Before the trees leaf out, before flowers bloom, before the full chorus of birds returns—this butterfly arrives.

A quiet reminder that renewal doesn’t always come all at once. Sometimes, it begins with a single, sunlit moment on the forest floor.

“See, the winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come.” — Song of Solomon 2:11–12

Even in seasons that feel slow to change, God is already at work—bringing new life in quiet, often unnoticed ways.