New Life

Written in Edmonton, Alberta, in January 2004

The World is warmly wrapped in white,

Dreaming beneath its blanket of snow,

Dreaming golden dreams of summers,

Of harvests newly past, and long ago!

The World is gloriously garbed in green,

Her jewels the lovely flowers of spring,

Blue butterflies have taken flight,

The turtle doves are on the wing.

The World is luminous in lustrous loveliness,

The silent singing sounding clear,

God’s Holy Spirit softly reaches us,

Saying death we need not fear!

All Nature tells us of God’s story,

New life springs out of death!

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