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Hope in Winter

Hope in Winter

This Thanksgiving was the most snow that I have seen in Albuquerque since I have lived here. Since I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona I always try to take full advantage of the snow when we have it. We spent the morning outside playing, sledding, and building an igloo in our front yard. While all of the snow made for a fun day, I don’t t think I would be able to handle a real winter like in other parts of the country. In Justin’s sermon, he talked about the darkest night of winter, when the cold drags on and summer seem like it will never come. I can’t say that I have ever felt winter like that, but I do think that we go through seasons of life that feel like those dark nights of winter.


Personally, it is easy for me to get stuck in these “dark nights.” I get caught up in the tragedy and nonsense that confronts us on a daily basis. We hear of earthquakes that flatten a city or fires that are running wild destroying everything in its path. There seems to always be a shooting, hate crime, or some kind of abuse that is discussed in the morning news. Plus, not to mention the current political climate of our country where everyone seems to be at each other’s throats, and no one can discern who or what is right and wrong anymore. We see these things at a national and local level. When my mind starts to race about these things it lead me down a rabbit hole that is hard to me to get out of. But then I heard a reminder of truth this Sunday and it came in the form of John 1:5-

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

This world that we live in can seem dark at times, or all the time. However, we place our hope and trust in the One that has already come to defeat the darkness, and who will come again. Jesus has already won, and we came rest in him knowing that one day all things will be made right. This is the hope that we hold to, it helps us to carry on serving God, our families, and those around us during the times when the light seems far away.

~Stephen Siebert