Spring Hedgerow -- Angela Harding
1 The spring has come, let all the church be part of it!
The world has changed, and God is at the heart of it!
New light, new day, new colour after winter grey.
New light, new day, the spring has come, let all the church be part of it!
2 The sun is warm, let all God's children play in it!
The world expands, let's spread the Gospel way in it!
New leaf, new thrust, new greening for the love of Christ.
New leaf, new thrust, the sun is warm, let all God's children play in it!
The Spring Has Come -- Voices United 187
This Easter morning we headed out on our bicycles for what we knew would be a nippy ride along the Bay of Quinte. We are blessed with a paved shoreline trail which is about a fifteen kilometre return trip for us -- maybe a bit more. We warmed up quickly and it was calm and beautiful, with birds all along our way. There was a sense of resurrection in our world, even as we celebrated the Resurrection of Christ. We stopped for a gospel reading at one point and I chose a post-resurrection story of Jesus feeding his disciples a shore lunch after they had returned to fishing on the lake of Galilee.
When we got home we listened to some Easter hymns and chatted about our favourites. One of my faves is The Spring Has Come, which was written in 1990. It brims with hope and reminds us that our God is incarnational, choosing to live amongst us in the person of Jesus, in a world of beauty. Many of our Easter hymns, including those hundreds of years old, make the connection between the renewal of the Earth and the Risen Christ. We can celebrate this, and choose to respect and protect our planetary home, even as we give thanks for eternal life.
3 The spring has come, new people are the flowers of it.
Through wind and rain, new life is in the showers of it.
New bud, new shoot, new hope will bear the Spirit's fruit.
New bud, new shoot, the spring has come, new people are the flowers of it!
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