How are y’all doing as Daylight Saving Time ends and we enter the darkest part of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway)?
I used to really struggle in November, especially when I lived in the Upper Midwest. Lately, though, I have been encouraged by the hope of Light and Resurrection I see all around me, even in this time with little sunlight.
Yesterday, I planted bulbs that will (hopefully) bloom in spring. What a beautiful and encouraging metaphor for the Christian life! It brings to mind this scripture:
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” (John 12:24).
If you are struggling in this season of late fall and as we prepare for winter, here are some more scriptures that will hopefully encourage you: