As our mothers of prodigals group prayed last week, I found myself thinking about winter. About the faithfulness of God to turn the seasons. We do not have to worry that it requires some wisdom or effort on our part to turn winter into spring or that God will somehow forget the covenant He made with Noah in Gen 8:22:
"While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease."
Even the most cynical person realizes the foolishness of believing winter will not yield to spring.
It is the same for our prodigals. Whether their souls may seem to be thawing or still in the death grip of emptiness, spring will come. The same God who faithfully turns the seasons will bring His Spirit's life back into those hearts that responded to Him as children. God always finishes what He starts. (Phil. 1:6) We want to be wise and do everything in our power to restore them to a right relationship with God, but it is not within our grasp to touch their souls. Only God can do that. What we can do, is live out our hope that God will do for the children for which He sacrificed His Son, what He does for the planet which He created--that He will thaw their cold hearts, awaken that seed of faith planted within them, and restore spring to their souls. However long the winter seems, spring will come.
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