Cold Spot

“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5::16).

Do you ever feel like you’re in a cold spot? I don’t mean the weather, though it is cold here. I mean spiritually. There are times in my life when I feel like I’m stuck in a glacier—cold and barely moving.  I’m longing for the quiet meadows filled with sunshine and soft grass beneath my feet. I want my soul to feel like singing as the fluffy clouds float in the breezes. Instead, my soul is trying to get my prayers higher than my head and the songs are silent.

This is a picture of a praying mantis egg case. Since winter doesn’t seem to want to allow spring to come, it was recently covered with snow. It was in a cold place—it was icy! It doesn’t look like anything with life in it.  But when the time comes there will be tiny praying mantises crawling out of it. I think my life is a little like that icy egg case.  I feel like I’m in a cold place spiritually, but when I open the Bible I am assured that God still cares. He has not left me alone. I can continue to depend on Him to keep His promises. Spring will come! My soul will warm and once again feel alive! I know this because God keeps His promises. He never changes. I’ve been in cold places before and when I stay connected to God through His Word, and when I continue to pray, I eventually leave the cold behind. The warmth of His presence will once again bring life and rejoicing back into my soul!  Thank you, God.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23).