Sabbath Thoughts: Alleluia

© Greg Ferrell

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time.  ~Martin Luther

Resurrection

I am

a flower in the field of Love

I bloom

and spread my fragrance far and wide

I shine 

in the light of the radiant Sun

I wilt 

in the heat of Autumn’s blaze

I sink

into the earth under the snow bank

I wait 

cold, afraid, longing for renewal

I fear

my roots will shrivel and die

I wait

not certain, only half believing what I know is true

I feel

soft fingers of light prodding through the dark

I stir

under the plop-plop of gentle, life-giving rain

I breathe

the scent of fresh tendrils of grass

I hear

the call of bird song and bleating

I am 

made alive in the strength of their calling

I burst forth

and greet the earth again and again.

                                                                   © Ardoth Rutherford

"Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone."
-  Roy R. Gilson

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world.  Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice.  But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.  ~Henry Knox Sherrill

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.  ~Robert Flatt

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Cincinnati, Ohio  © Greg Ferrell

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