From Psalm 31:9-10: “Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.”
Feeling earth’s numbing cold
Facing each new trial
Life’s winter darkness stirs
Filling another mile
Witnessing grief and loss
Traversing heavy snow
Life’s winter darkness stands
Causing impulse to slow
Prowling disease and strife
Reading storm’s latest news
Life’s winter darkness shouts
Raging snow sings the blues
Plodding in Arctic’s chill
Crushing social unrest
Life’s winter darkness tests
Failing every quest
Viewing world’s upheaval
Blinding blizzard’s whiteout
Life’s winter darkness runs
Bulldozing faith with doubt
Guiding light now arrives
Accepting Father’s grace
Life’s winter darkness fades
Walking in Spirit’s place
From James 4:5-6: “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’? But He gives all the more grace; therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”
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I’m so glad we belong to a God who walks through the shadows with us. And because of that, we are never alone.
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Amen! Your words are a blessed look at the grace of God.
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This is beautiful, {{{Richard}}} – It is so true that often “Life’s winter darkness runs/Bulldozing faith with doubt.” How wonderful that our Lord has a flashlight to pierce that darkness… and all we need to do to switch it on is to believe!
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Amen Jan! Yes, when we believe, the light switch is right at our side because God is there.
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I wonder why we are more tuned into the problems of life in the winter. Perhaps the storms we face on each day, but the beauty of fresh white snow also covers the darkness and brings a feeling of cleansing. In a way, the best of all seasons?
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Kathy, thanks for sharing some thoughts. You are correct in labeling winter the best of seasons from the standpoint of fresh white snow covering life’s darkness and bringing us cleansing. I like those words.
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Written by someone who has experience artic cold in Montana I think 🙂
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Matt, you understand my precious roots.
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