For Her Springtime Flight
Winter is in the clearing,
Spring is round the bend.
I see tracks in the snow
from the rabbits, my friends.

The evening hours fleet into darkness
which then makes the sun come out.
The days inch into lasting longer,
as the earth spins round about.

We can't rush these things.
We have to wait and sacrifice.
We wonder if a storm will blow in
through the cold of the night.

This is the peaceful time.
God wants Mother Naure to sleep.
He takes all the color
out of her flowers, plants, and trees.

Then one day a few weeks from now
the snow will melt away,
leaving Mother Nature to bud
and wake up Spring somehow.

So when you are cold
on a dark Winters night,
know it is God that wakes Mother Nature
for her Springtime flight!


Written by: S. Matheson
2/11/2006