Spring is here!  Sort of…

When I was writing this song over the last week I didn’t realize that it would be snowing and in the 30s by the time I posted it!  Alas, technically…Spring is here!

There is nothing quite like it really.  The mystery of all these dead looking trees and grounds coming back to life.  As I’ve watched the trees bud and the grass peek through the dirt over the last couple weeks I’ve thought a lot about our souls in a parallel way.  They can sometimes look or feel a little dead, but what we live for is the spring, when we come back to life.

For those of us who are Christian we like to say, “we are an Easter people!”  I think this is what we’re talking about.  Although Lent is a beautiful time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, it’s all pointing to the Resurrection, new life, rebirth!

Ignore this patch of winter-like weather with me and take in the beauty of the Spring, of Easter, and of the new life in all of us!  This MUST be Spring!

THIS MUST BE SPRING

My love was frozen
Covered in snow and
I couldn’t see anything

Just below the surface
A seed of hope was
Planted in me

You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is you unfolding
Before me
You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is your heart unfolding
Before me
This must be spring

That which was barren
Will grow and fill in
The emptiness

Til it’s bursting with color
Like no other
That was or will be

You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is your heart unfolding
Before me
You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is your heart unfolding
Before me
This must be spring

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is you unfolding
Before me
You come into bloom
And all I can see
Is your heart unfolding
Before me
This must be spring