
Ten
thousand flowers in spring,
the
moon in autumn,
a
cool breeze in summer,
snow
in winter.
If
your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your
life.
Wishing it were spring is certainly one of the unnecessary things
that keeps winter from being the best season of our lives. God gives us winter
for a reason, as noted by Christine Valters Paintner: “The God of winter
invites me into a healing rhythm of rest and renewal, of deep listening in the
midst of stillness, of trusting the seeds sprouting deep within that have been
planted.”
After the winter solstice, we in the Northern hemisphere will start
having a bit more light at the end of each day, and thus it is a particularly
appropriate time to celebrate the birth of Christ, the Light of the World.
However, after the Christmas festivities have come to an end, I look forward to
enjoying God’s gift of this season of rest and renewal, of deep listening in
the midst of winter stillness.
Our light grew dimmer
ReplyDeleteBut now begins to return
As Christ grows in us.
A lovely haiku! Thank you!
ReplyDelete