Our Father in Heaven,
We thank You that our Midwest winter has finally come to an end. We have had more snow and more bitterly cold days than in the past few years. Though we have missed some of the more severe winter weather that the rest of the country has faced, it has still been a long, cold and dark season. But just like spring following winter, you have given us an encouraging verse out of the book of Lamentations.

Seeing bulbs begin to emerge up out of the frozen soil, we are again reminded of your faithfulness as you sovereignly control the changing of the seasons. You have made the moon to mark the seasons and the sun knows exactly it’s time for setting. (Psalm 104:19).
Your word tells us that for everything there is a season…. a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted. (Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2). It won’t be long now before we begin to see the farmers in nearby fields planting their crops in the rich, black Midwest soil, and soon after we will see the new corn and soybean plants breaking through the soil to form perfect rows in the fields. We’ll enjoy seeing those plants grow all spring and summer long. We’ll watch bulbs come up in our garden and anxiously wait to see which perennials made it through the cold winter and which did not. Then, we’ll be visiting our favorite garden shops to replenish our gardens, and watch the plants bloom as they display your glory.

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, 
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Luke 12:27

Great is your faithfulness, Father. We are so thankful that morning by morning your new mercies we see. All that we have needed, your hand has provided.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23

Father, we praise you for bringing us through yet another winter. Thank you for your faithfulness.
In Jesus’ precious name we pray,  Amen