The Beauty of Winter

I have been living in Gainesville Georgia for about 2 1/2 months now.

A lot has happened, there has been a lot of growth, a lot of change and learning how to lean into the Father through it all. 

I realized that I hadn’t shared much of what my life has looked like, so i thought I would let you in on what I have been walking through!! 

If you didn’t know, I moved to Gainesville 2 months ago to attend a discipleship school called Center for Global Action. I live in a cabin in the middle of the woods with 5 other girls that are also in the program and a community of other people involved with Adventures in Missions! I attend class Monday-Friday and in the afternoons I spend time getting to know the people around me and putting into practice what I have been learning in class. 

One of the biggest things I have been walking through lately, is recognizing the beauty of Winter. You may be wondering how I am doing that when it is clearly Fall right now, but I would love to share that with you! I love metaphors, and in my spiritual walk with the Lord, he walks me through a lot of different seasons. 

On my race, I recognized Him as a God of seasons. He spoke to me through flowers, the green in the trees or the clouds in the sky. I was blooming and growing and pouring out the excess of what I was given. I was in a season of Springtime. Finally learning my worth and true identity in the Father.

When I entered into CGA, I entered into the Winter with the Lord. It is difficult, It is growing me in places where I can’t see sometimes. But it is worth it because I know I will see the Fruit of it in my next season, even if I don’t understand it now. Right now, I am buried six feet under snow, my roots are growing deeper into the Father, but I don’t have anything to pour out because it’s all underground. God is pulling up the bad roots and replacing it with new ones that would be fully rooted in Him. 

Its hard and painful, but in it there is so much beauty. In the Winter sometimes the world can feel like it stops moving. You cozy up inside knowing your safe and protected from the cold but when you look out your window, everything is covered in snow and preparing to come to life again in the Spring. I get to rest in the stillness knowing that a Springtime will come. I get to settle into the Winter and let the ground rest, knowing growth and a harvest will soon arrive.

The winter can be beautiful too.