Challenging Normal

I am starting with winter for a reason. I really feel that spiritually as of late that is the season that I am in. Winter is a very cold time. It is a very isolated season. It separates things. Everything around you feels dead and frigid. Even if you love cold weather no one longs for a hard icy winter. No one wishes to be alone, no one wishes not to grow, no one wishes for this season in their life.

As much as you dread it, as much as you wish it would not come, it has to. It is a natural part of life and if you choose to fight it, it could be dangerous. Like going out in the snow in shorts, a tank top, and barefoot could cause you a lot of discomfort and pain, so can not being prepared for these seasons spiritually. You know they come, you know all they warning signs, but yet we choose to ignore them. Who me? I can not become spiritually cold, I am a _________. (you fill in the blank with whatever title you want to give yourself) But what you are doing is fighting the natural cycles of life.

If you have not winter then you have no spring, you have no new growth. During the winter plants may look dead and ugly but they are not. They are diverting all their resources to their roots. They are actually becoming stronger. They are strengthening the things that will cause they to bloom more beautiful than ever before. Same is true in mine and your life. Though everything may feel cold and even look dead, there is still life. God is still working. You can not trust what you see and what you feel.

If you are finding yourself in this winter season, know that it will not last forever. It may feel like it sometime but it will end soon and when Spring comes life will become more beautiful that ever.