mountains quake

As the snow falls lightly outside my kitchen window, accumulating a white blanket covering the green grasses and fall leaves in my yard, I can start to feel like I am falling into a winter of sorts in my soul. Dark mornings, cold winds blowing, hiding inside warm spaces are days I know will be long and dreary if I dwell on the parts I don’t love about this wintry season.

When those days can get me down, I know that I need to be getting up. I need to change my cadence to the music in my head. One of my favorite recent songs had me listening to the story behind the song. Tasha Layton talks briefly about the inspiration for her song, “Into the Sea - It’s Gonna Be Okay” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBHEHWFKFY and even though the events, situations, craziness of the world is evident all around us, our perspective can change. Have a listen.

The mountains remind me of the way I can approach winter and life. From afar, they are magnificance set against the sky. There is wonder and hope about the future. I know summer is over, but the closer I get to autumn and the peaks, the more daunting they are with rock faces and snow crusted tops and approaching winter. I can cringe in fear of them falling or devour the beauty with my eyes and see majesty. Because there is wonder all around, I am going to choose to see beauty and not fear.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear; thought the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46: 1-3 NIV