SEASONS OF LIFE

                                                                   By

                                                       John G. Sutton

                                      The years of our lives are numbered

                                       From Spring to the Winter of age

                                       And with each season new lessons

                                       As we turn over life’s page

                                       In Spring we are born with God’s blessing

                                       A child with a promise to be

                                       To live in the world with its troubles

                                       To learn and to grow true and free

                                        In Summer we stand in God’s glory

                                        Soft breezes, sunshine and flowers

                                        The joy of these days is a kindness

                                         And we treasure those long golden hours

                                        Yet life in this world has its problems

                                        And each of us must take our share

                                        Of the pain and the hard rain of Autumn

                                        But our faith makes it easier to bear

                                        God grants us the strength to continue

                                        Makes the weight of the world so much less

                                        And he gives us each other to cling to

                                        In His Church there is Holy congress

                                        And into our lives there is union

                                        When soul unto soul makes a vow

                                        To live with one God joined together

                                        Each sharing the work with life’s plough

                                        Then Winter will not seem so bitter

                                        As joined in God’s love time will pass

                                        Just remember the words of the scripture

                                        As the Lord says, all flesh is grass 

                                        Till then in the joy of His blessing

                                        We each pray to live and do right

                                        And when seasons end we together

                                        Join God in His love and His light. 

Written by John G. Sutton on the 30^th November 2005  and dedicated to his cousin Chris Sutton and his wife to be Carol in celebration of their wedding on the 1^st December. May it prove to be a match made in heaven.

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