The weather outside hasn't quite been "frightful" but certainly "frigid". I would say "biting" best describes the feeling when I walk out the door at 600am to go to work. The slow numbness that comes over your ears and fingers. The nip of every gust of wind. Welcome to Minnesota! But I love to walk to work so early in the morning because no one else is outside yet and sometimes I'll sing as I walk.
"There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known,
And clouds arise and tempests blow by order from Thy throne..."
-Isaac Watts
Every change in the seasons is to point us to God and His mercy as renewing the world day by day. As I feel the frigid bite of 14 degrees on my walks to work I thank him for this truly "alive" feeling! Sometimes in life when it is dark and cold and we are utterly helpless is when we're most alive to God. That's because Christ is the light! Sometimes when we feel the bite of life's circumstances is when we most long for heaven. That's because Christ is the life!
"In Christ was the life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
-John 1:4-5
Thankful with you,
Marcus & Rachel
