We all need a little brightness at this time of year as we transition from a long winter into spring. It's almost unanimous that we are wishing for summer! Since I have not posted any poetry in a while and it usually tends to be serious, I hope the following lifts your spirits.

against all odds

the tiny stub of green

emerges from a bulb buried

in the cold ground for months.

it refuses to yield to winter's tyranny

and when the time is right,

it grows bright and confident.

against all odds

God's power and love triumphed over death.

the Incarnate One could not stay

lifeless – He created life –

and up He sprung on the third day

to the horror of those arrayed

against Him; in resurrection power

we have hope now and forever.

against all odds

our circumstances really can change

when we pray; impossible problems

don't look so hopeless now,

in the light of what Jesus has done.

we just need faith to believe

what we see is not all that can be.