Seeds of Easter – v5

Seeds of Easter, planted

joy dormant, waiting

in winter, the darkness

in the season, this journey

waiting to burst forth

a harvest surely to come

So long before, in the time of waiting

in the words of the psalmist

the promise He will return

like water in the desert

to bring forth the seeds dormant

springing to abundant life

In the ashes, the soil, the ground

these seeds of Easter planted

in the dormancy of this season, waiting,

like the bulbs of each spring, quiet,

waiting for the coming light of morning

to spring forth into new life.

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edited April 1, 2015

Seeds of Easter – v5

(editing version 2 and version 4)

edited April 6, 2014

Seeds of Easter – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/seeds-of-easter-v4.html

Edited August 26, 2013

Seeds of Easter – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/seeds-of-easter-v3.html

edited May 3, 2012

Seeds of Easter – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/05/seeds-of-easter-v2.html

March 21, 2010

Seeds of Easter

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/seeds-of-easter.html

Psalm 126

Psalm 126:1-6

http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=

Upper Room Disciplines for 2010

for March 15, 2010 to March 21, 2010,

“To Restore the Fortunes of Zion”,

by Louise Stowe-Johns

http://www.amazon.com/Louise-Stowe-Johns/e/B001KE8HZ0

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/louise-stowe-johns/41/986/387

http://www.nyac.com/clergydetail/271186

for March 21, 2010

“Fifth Sunday in Lent”

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