"The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof." It speaks of His greatness and it sings of His love. Through all of creation with symphonic splendor God speaks with a voice that is gentle and tender. And the birds in the trees and the flowers of spring All join in proclaiming this Heavenly King. And in the resurrection That takes place in in nature's sod Let us understand more fully The risen son of God. And let us see the beauty And the glory and the grace That surrounds us in the springtime as the smiling of God's face. And through a happy springtime and a summer filled with love May we walk into the autumn With our thoughts in God above: The God who sends the winter and wraps the earth in death Will always send the springtime with an awakening breath To every flower and leaflet And to every shrub and tree And that same God will also send new life to you and me. The sleeping earth awakens, The robis start to sing, The flowers open wide their eyes To tell us it is spring. The bleakness of the winter Is melted by the sun, The tree that looked so stark and dead Becomes a living one ... These miracles of nature Wrought with divine perfection Are the blessed reassurance Of our Savior's Resurrection. |