After the Winter... God Sends the Spring

Easter is a season
Of hope and joy and cheer,
There's beauty all around us
To see and touch and hear...
So, no matter how down hearted
And discouraged we maybe,
New hope is born when we behold
Leaves budding on a tree...
Or when we see a timid flower
Push through the frozen sod
And open wide in glad surprise
Its petaled eyes to God...
For this is just God saying-
"Lift up your eyes to Me,
and the bleakness of your spirit,
Like the budding springtime tree,
Will lose its wintery darkness
And your heavy heart will sing"-
For God never sends the winter
Without the joy of spring.

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"My times are in thy hand..." Psalms 31:15