Resurrection

RESURRECTION
by HELEN STEINER RICE



THE SLEEPING EARTH AWAKENS,
THE ROBINS 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 EASTER,
WROUGHT WITH DIVINE PERFECTION,
ARE THE BLESSED REASURANCE OF
OUR SAVIOR'S RESURRECTION.






"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT
PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
"



JOHN 3:16
NIV







DO NOT WITHHOLD YOUR TENDER
MERCIES FROM ME, O LORD;
LET YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS AND
YOUR TRUTH CONTINUALLY PRESERVE ME.




PSALM 40:11
NKJV



REMEMBER, O LORD, YOUR GREAT MERCY
AND LOVE, FOR THEY ARE FROM OF OLD.




PSALM 25:6
NIV



BUT I TRUSTED IN YOUR STEADFAST LOVE;
MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION.




PSALM 13:5
NRSV



THE LORD LEADS WITH UNFAILING LOVE
AND FATHFULNESS
ALL THOSE WHO KEEP HIS COVENANT
AND OBEY HIS DECREES.




PSALM 25:10
NLT