Hallelujah for the Tabebuia

Oh Shadowlands! How I love thee!
For God but SPOKE and there you were!
Trees dancing, singing free--free!

Oh God of the Shadowland!
Come, illuminate--show us your path!
Walk with us hand in hand!

Come nearer, oh God of heaven and earth!
Come with your bright-morning yellow hope!
Come, Lord--fill your children with your mirth!

Oh God who made the Tabebuia
Fill our hearts with your great hope
And we will raise a song of Hallelujah!

Yellow is the color of hope
The Tabebuia blooms before spring begins

It comes, waving its branches like a flag
shedding its blooms with an air of victory
Singing, Singing

Spring is coming!
Sing, world, Sing!
Blaze your colors for the coming of Easter!

Winter is ending
Death is crumbling
New life is here!

Sing for Hope, Sing for Life!
That which was dead in the ground
Has been reborn--Come! Make a joyful sound!

Yes, earth, sing! Sing!
Sing your spring song to the Passover Lamb
Sing to our Risen King--the Great I AM.