Springtime Hope

In the soft and cool rains of spring

Pooling, running and soaking the ground

Making it supple, preparing the way

Rendering a safe place for new growth,

I see Your hand and find new hope

In the gentle movement from gray and cool skies

Filled with the wind driven clouds of winter

Still holding on to the last but yielding soon

To the fresh blue and fluffy white of sunny spring days

I see Your hand and find new hope

In the slow change of wind from north to south

Bringing a dryness to the damp, warmth to the chill

Preparing all to receive the seeds of newness

Incubating and nurturing new life and growth

I see Your hand and find new hope

In the first sight of the red breasted robin

Gathering small things to build his home

Listening, watching, for his food to arise

Rewarded with feast for new life, then for self

I see Your hand and find new hope

In the imperceptible sound and undetectable movement

Of flower buds and grass reaching upward

Stretching to receive what God provides

Rewarded with brightness and rays of life

I see Your hand and find new hope

In this time of emptying and Lenten renewal

As I prepare the way of my heart, emptying myself of self

Cleansing all, changing, sharing in the giving of all

Joining You Jesus, in your passion, death and resurrection

I reach for Your hand, always offered in love

May this time of springtime renewal, of healing

This time of letting go, of change and new growth

Bring me closer to You Jesus than ever before

That I may join You in Your resurrection

A life reborn, holding Your hand and living anew

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