'Renewed Hope' Poem by Becky LaPrarie

Restored Hope

The rain may refuse to fall
The dust may form
The earth might thirst
For a season

The birds may refrain
From singing their melodies
The tide may roll in
Life within may be scattered about

Hope may seem lost
Life’s sorrows may enter therein
But God whispers-
“This too shall pass”

The snow melts
The bud beneath begins
To bloom again
Producing a sweet
Rose scented with renewed hope

A loved one dies
A new one is born
A tear shed
Because of the sadness
Is replaced by a tear of joy

No pain would mean
No need to turn to God
No suffering and we would not
Know how to care

Though we seem lifeless
When the storms
Rage against us
In Christ at the altar
Of prayer is
“Renewed Hope”
© Copyright Becky LaPrarie 4/8/09