THE days are getting lighter and the nights are drawing out now and we are all looking forward to the spring.

I have written the following poem to remind us of the hope this season brings.

Spring is on the way

The little birds are building nests,

And spring is on the way,

And though life puts us to the test,

God is with us come what may.

The sunshine and the light sweet rain,

Refresh us when we feel in pain,

And all creation waits expectantly,

Of what is surely meant to be.

That now the season of rebirth,

Reminds us of our saviours birth,

That life goes on eternally,

Because of his death at calvary.

And thus in nature we surely see,

The hand of God in purity.

Helen Ford

Victoria Road

Penarth