Soul Winter

Soul Winter
originally posted in 2007

A gray sky looming, overshadowing

Grass with a futile existence sitting brown - useless

Spent crops taking up space

Dried up vegetation waiting - ineffective

Fruitless trees swaying with barren dismal branches

Reaching out for hope

Looming, overshadowing, futile existence

Spent yet taking up space

Dried up, sitting and waiting - ineffective

Fruitless, swaying and dismal

Reaching out for hope

It's a snow day. The kids and I are home enjoying the warmth of each other and our home.
I love this snowy, white, winter landscape so much better than our usual Ohio grayness. My friend says that one of the things he dislikes about winter is that everything looks dead. That's so true. A typical winter landscape around here doesn't exactly fill you with joy. But today....the snow is so white and beautiful. It covers over all the deadness like it's not even there. You just see the beauty of it all.


This "Righteous Acorn" knows there is no righteousness in myself. When God sees me, he doesn't see the remnants of dried up, fruitless endeavors. He doesn't view dismal, swaying fruitlessness. Instead those things are covered by the blinding, dazzling, white holiness of Jesus. He covers me.


But there is more to the covering. The power of Christ is not just in his holiness. His power brings death to life. Futility finds purpose. Barrenness gives way to fruit. Winter turns to Spring. New life is on its way.