5/15/21

NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 5/15


There comes a day, every year,
   when something in the air, 
   in the light and in the sky,
   in the greenery and gardens,
   in the warm and gentle breezes, 
   in the sunrise choir of birds -
a day when something turns my head and heart
   and I believe again that out of winter
   you have drawn a season, Lord, 
   a reason to believe...
 
Today was that day...

I'd had no doubt that spring would come
and yet I held my breath, put my hope on hold 
and waited, as I do each year, 
until there came, as promised, 
signs of your hand moving, gently, at your own pace, 
coaxing life to birth from frozen ground 
and branches stripped by winter's icy grip...

Help me believe, Lord, 
that in my head and in my heart, 
indeed, within my soul, 
that you have power, all year 'round,
to calm my fears, restore my hope and coax to life again
all that's dormant deep within me,
all that waits and prays a springtime of your grace,
a season, a reason to believe, again,
in you and in your love...
 
Amen. 

Springtime by Chris Renzema
 


You’re the resurrection 
That we’ve waited for 
You buried the night 
And came with the morning 
You’re the King of Heaven 
The praise is yours 
The longer the quiet 
The louder the chorus 
 
Ohhhh 
Ohhhh 
 
We will sing a new song 
'Cause death is dead and gone with the winter 
We will sing a new song 
Let hallelujahs flow like a river 
We’re coming back to life 
Reaching toward the light 
Your love is like springtime 
 
You’re the living water 
God we thirst for you 
The dry and the barren 
Will flower and bloom 
You’re the sun that’s shining 
You restore my soul 
The deeper you call us 
Oh the deeper we’ll go 
 
Come tend the soil 
Come tend the soil of my soul 
And like a garden
And like a garden I will grow

 

  

  
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