How do you feel about cold weather?
Winter is the aspiration of those who live in places without cold weather (e.g., Singapore). Meanwhile, don’t people in the Arctic dream of warmth?
I enjoy winter only when the temperature stays above a bearable single digit Celsius, with reasonable humidity. Likewise, I like summer when heat does not climb past 30 degrees Celsius and humidity does not run high.
I can’t choose winter or summer, but I can choose where to live. Yet not many people have that luxury—just as in life, choices are rarely as abundant as they seem. You have to learn to take the sour with the sweet. In cold weather, people tend to slow down; for some, it’s even too cold to move around.
During my career years, neither cold nor hot weather affected my daily activities—they were task-oriented, not weather-dependent.
Today, I work on my own schedule, and beyond that schedule, I cherish the quietness that winter brings. Gazing at the sky, diving deep into meditation on God’s word and how it relates to life, and writing the gospel message—these are both wonderful and productive. The cold weather adds a sentimental warmth to my gratitude for God’s wondrous creation of four seasons.
Sitting in my comfy chair at home, I listen to the gentle blow of the wind instead of the noise of an air conditioner. I watch a pair of eagles speeding past instead of small birds struggling with their tiny wings against the cold wind. How marvelous it is—all kinds have their places and their times in the whole universe (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
To conclude my feelings about cold weather: I enjoy the blessings that all four seasons bring, though I have a soft spot for the crisp cold of autumn. Yet I stand in reverent awe that God has fixed all the boundaries of the earth and made summer and winter. With that in mind, I live faithfully and comfortably under God’s promise and blessing: “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22).
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