Lord, thank you for all the new life we see in springtime:

the blossom on the trees,

the bulbs shooting up crocuses and daffodils,

the young lambs skipping over the hillsides.

Thank you that these signs of life remind us of the new life

that Jesus made possible when he was raised to newness of life

on Easter Day.

Grant that we might know that springtime in our lives, for Jesus' sake.

Amen.

(Prayer from Michael Botting)