April the Seventeeth

WITH THEE, O Christ, I would arise indeed to newness of life, I beseech Thee to make all things new to me. Let the old duties, the old work, the old burdens, the old friendships, be transfigured as Thou dost touch them. Let Easter joy lift me from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness. I would fain live the risen life, my Jesus. Help me by Thy call, by Thy message, by Thy beauty, by Thy goodness, to be Thy true child, looking to Thee, and serving Thee until at last I see Thee face to face - Amen.

- FLOYD W. TOMKINS