Leaves of Life - April 5

Leaves of Life 
Daily Inspiration by Margaret Bird Steinmetz

APRIL FIFTH
As morning hears before it run
The music of the mounting sun,
And laughs to watch his trophies won
From darkness, and her hosts undone,
And all the night becomes a breath,
Nor dreams that fear should hear and flee
The summer menace of the sea,
So hear our hope what life may be,
And know it not for death.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne.

I came from God, and I'm going back to God, and I won't have any gaps of death in the middle of my life.

—George MacDonald.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness;
But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
—Proverbs 10. 28.

Lord God, teach me the way and show me the light of the eternal day; and may the vision fill my soul as I take courage and follow it. May I not be fearful of what may be provided, but remember that before the creation of life thou didst have a purpose in death. May I be trustful. Amen.

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