A Song from God's Garden

By Bruce Lofland

A sprig of green is my faith for I am new growth. 

I have just sprouted from a lifeless pod of spiritual death.

My leaves are small but filled with life.

My roots are shallow and tender but growing rapidly. 

Your Word nourishes me. 

Your radiant beauty energizes me.

I lift my branches in praise to you. 

I feel Your love raining down on me and I know my faith will not wilt.

When winter comes I am ever-green. 

I am a splash of color in a dreary landscape because You died FOR me. 

When the snows melt, I see new growth and I rejoice.

Sprigs of green are everywhere. 

What was once dead is alive and it is beautiful.