Seasons

Today’s Reflection

Promise of new lifeComing out of death.Resurrection.

Welcome, beauty.Welcome, buds.Welcome, newness.Inside and all around me.

You, God, source of hope,Source of healing,Source of life.Welcome, welcome.Make your home in me.

—Beth A. Richardson, “Welcome, Spring,” in Christ Beside Me, Christ Within Me: Celtic Blessings (Upper Room Books, 2016)

Today’s Question

Does awareness of God’s presence in every moment come naturally to you? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.—Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.[excerpted from a prayer attributed to Saint Patrick]