Winter is known as the dead season, the coldest season, and the season when the earth is furthest away from the sun. I like to compare the season of winter to a season of tragedy or disaster in life. In the midst of winter, everything seems to be dead, bare, dry, cold, and ugly. No flowers are blooming, it's terribly cold, your skin is dry, and everything dies. However, there is one thing about winter that makes you look up and see the beauty of this dead season. That is, snow.
To me, snow displays light and beauty in the midst of tragedy and disaster. When it falls on the ground it gives off a sparkling light, almost blinding. It can make a dry, cold, and bare season into something beautiful. That's what God can do in your season of tragedy. He can turn what was meant for awful and horrible into beauty and hope.
In the bad times in life, it's easy to ask the big question "why?" and doubt God's will. It's hard to understand sometimes, but it's better to keep worshipping God through the turmoil and pain. Satan loves to steal our worship because worship releases faith in the soul. But God says do not stop worshipping. You have to want Jesus more than you want to understand.
David said in Psalm 32, "For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long." Meaning, when he stopped worshipping God and focused on his problems, he was turning into nothing. He was so focused on his problems that he lost focus on the One who could turn his problems into something better.
He later goes on and says, "You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance." To me, it means if we keep worshipping in the hard times, God will protect us and help us through it. He delivers us from tragedy, heartache, mourning, sorrow, pain, and neglect. He wants us to focus on the great things He has done for us and what He can do through us.
So, if you're in a season that seems dead, bare, dry and cold, remember that God is just waiting for the right moment to release snow into your winter.
