Forget Dark Days

I bless you to see

The New

So vividly

That you forget

The Old.

It’s God’s promise:

“For behold I create

New heavens

And a new earth

And the former things

Shall not be remembered

Or come into mind.” (Isaiah 65:17)

The radiance of spring

Makes you forget the gray

Of winter.

The power of grace

Makes you forget the gray

Of shame.

May God give you eyes to see

All that is fresh—

To be enthralled with

All that is hope—

So the old must of darker days

Doesn’t even come to mind.