I was there to hear your borning cry, I'll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized to see your life unfold.
Borning Cry--1937 Lutheran Hymnal



Birthing Pangs

New beginnings
can be very laboring
but at the end
is a cry of joy

To hold a new beginning
in your embrace
is beyond words
and you don't feel the pain anymore

Become a new beginning
look beyond the endings
and start again.