REFLECTION FOR APRIL 2012

 WORDS OF HOPE AT EASTER.

 Last Christmas a friend sent me a poem called ‘Sometimes’ by Sheenagh Pugh. Sheenagh’s interesting words resonated with me, and based on some of her lines, I have written these ‘words of hope’ for Easter.

 Sometimes, things after all don’t go from bad to worse;

Sometimes the sun shines bright through clouds;

Some years, green thrives, the crops don’t fail;

Sometimes, someone tenderly speaks the truth.

Sometimes, a nation steps back from war, works for peace,

and values human rights;

Sometimes, people forget themselves so that others may be free;

Some days, the goodness of a single life allows us all to see the beauty of our souls.

Sometimes our best efforts do not go amiss;

Some mornings the sun melts a field of sorrow;

And sometimes, even on the toughest day,

we see small seeds of hope, and know that we are blessed.

 
A prayer for April as we remember our sisters and brothers and ourselves in a world holding both nature’s wonder and human uncertainty.

 God of ancient calm, let your peace still us:

God of fearful storm, fill us with your awe:

God of lonely plains, touch the empty spaces

Within us,

Where we are vulnerable enough to meet you.