Embracing My Winter Season

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.” Isaiah 40: 28-29 NKJV




Over the holiday season, we were blessed with sweet potatoes and carrots from our garden. My husband plants and tends the garden and added root vegetables this year. I remember him turning over the soil and harvesting the last of the vegetables in the fall. I actually forgot about the vegetables that were left. The cold weather forced me indoors more than out.

Once I saw the bounty, I was so excited and  found myself cooking pies and adding vegetables to poultry dishes. As I was cleaning and preparing the veggies, I thought about how sturdy a food this was. I was so excited I began to wonder about what other plants grew well in the winter. I quickly realized that these plants were not planted in the winter. They were planted midsummer. So, after the harvest of the collard greens, berries, cucumbers, and green beans the root veggies still remained in the ground. The soil around it was allowed to rest.

Over the past month or so, I have been in a winter season. The Lord has kept me still and many days quiet and resting. I have learned not to fight, but to receive.

Webster defines "root" as the underground part of a seed plant body who functions as an:


• Organ of absorption

• Aeration

• Food storage

• Means of anchorage and support

Therefore, regardless of what can be seen with the natural eye, the Lord is working on my roots. It is not time for me to till soil. The next six months I am to:

• Absorb and sit under the Word


• To aerate and speak life


• To store the Word in heart


• To seek God and accept that all that I am anchored in Him and I am to lean on Him for support.


We can be new in Christ. I believe that and I have an expectation that God is going to deliver me from the things that hinder me.



Prayer “Dear Lord, I recognize that some times we need to be still and sit under the Word. This is such a time. I am asking you Lord for guidance and strength to endure tests I have not had to endure before. I am asking you to give me the strength in my winter season to deal with anxieties and thoughts that would have me believe I am not worthy of your love and your presence. I know Lord you are mighty and powerful! I am holding on to your unchanging hands!”Amen