Pastors Corner - Being both a lion and a lamb

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

I learned this bit of wisdom when I was in early grade school, coloring a calendar for the transitional month copied onto a piece of green paper.

My teacher explained how this meant that typically at the beginning, the month would be full of blustery wind like a lion’s roar. By its end, it would be gently peaceful, like a lamb lying down in a now-green meadow as spring had officially begun.

Yet, I would soon wonder how true it was, growing up in the Northwest. More often than not, it seemed March would go just as gusty and nasty as i...