Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
The burst of energy in the spring, when grass, trees and bushes begin to show their vivid color, always surprises me. It's a great relief to see things come back to life after slogging through the cold, mucky winter. We don' t earn good weather by suffering through bad winters, just as we don't earn God's grace through sacrifice or good works or bewailing our manifold sins and wickedness. The surprise of Easter is that God's abundant love pours out like spring rain on the whole world. God's yearning to draw the whole world closer is what led to the incarnation of Jesus as human and divine.