The last day of February, Lord!
Why is it that the shortest month
always seems so long?
We're still surrounded by the plowed drifts
of this week's heavy snows
but yesterday the mercury climbed 40˚
and stirred my soul
with what I fancied "a warming trend"
stirring my soul and opening my heart
to believe, afresh,
that spring is on its way...
I believe that was your Spirit, Lord,
moving within me, nudging me
from my sleepy hibernation,
my drowsy, dormant, wintered slump,
my season of idle lethargy,
my time-out, my lazy indulgence
of squandered days
and misspent nights...
Do it, Lord! Stir up your Spirit within me!
Rouse me, nudge me, stand me up!
Reboot my soul with newfound grace!
Spring-clean my mind's magination!
Renew my desire to play and create!
Reopen my ears, my eyes and my nose
to hear you and see you,
to breathe in deeply the scent of your presence
and the fragrance of nature
budding, blooming and coming to life...
Send your Spirit into my heart
and open me up to your Lenten* spring,
the gift of a season to help me remember
to return, to repent, to reconcile,
to reorder my life and restore my faith
in you and your promise of mercy and love...
Remind me, Lord,
that it's never to early
to hope for spring...
Amen.
* Our word "Lent" derives from the Old English "lencten" which means springtime (from the "lengthening" of days!) And if it's "never to early to hope for spring" then it's not too early for a song from my favorite contemporary composer!
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