In the spring we grow

because the rain falls

heavily on us.

By summer we flourish

in the fields

bearing fruit.

In autumn we reap

what has been sown

for the harvest feast.

By winter we rest

from a life well lived

in faith, toil and blessing.

And this is God’s

good design

To show us our purpose

and mortality.

Strength and weakness

mingled together to co-labor

with our Faithful Creator.

What an outrageous plan!

And yet this is His inscrutable

Way.

Man is a flash in the pan

used for God’s divine

plan.

We are here today

and gone tomorrow

because the Curse

is strong but not impenetrable.

His Servant crushed

the Serpent of lies

with a promise to end

all sin and sadness.

It has come true and

will be truer in time.

God’s mercy and grace receives

a faithless people.

Redemption is sure,

peace made for the dust eaters

to live again.

It is His will

that no mortal can overcome.

Power and compassion.

Willing and able

to make the dead rise.

Winter has come

but there is an eternal spring

for the redeemed of the Lord.

Surely the people are like grass.