Grandparenting with Grace: cold soul

If you're tired of Winter's frost and cold winds, here is an answer for you. Some times the frigidity of winter creeps into our souls and the only way to thaw is to turn toward the Son. 

Soul Cold
Julie A. Olson
January 17, 2014

Outside the wind is howling; whipping it up something fierce.
But inside, yeah, inside-that’s where the real wind blows.
Frostbite is forever a possibility on the inside.
And soul, if you don’t pause for a bit of Him-
Well, that’s when the drifts pile up and the cold really sets in.
Then, no matter how long you trudge,
Or which way you turn your face,
Unless you look directly at the Son
That wind will blow you right into the sub-zero frigid darkness.

There is no overcoming those cold winds on your own.
No way on your own.
And as cold settles down deep within you
You will wonder where that Son is.
And that frost-
It can harden your heart,
Biting a deep lonely pain right into your soul.
Then, before you’re even aware,
Your ability to hold onto the truth will have been obliterated.

The only way to hang onto truth
Is to hang onto Him.
That’s why He willingly opened His arms-
To hang on that cross.
The tree of life.
His death promising life.
Now that is truth.
And that truth will thaw the frost from any soul.

Clinging to Him, Who is Truth
Will keep the bite from frost,
Keep the cold frost darkness from the soul.
Out there, let the winds howl
And the drifts pile hard up.
But in here,
Here in the soul,
The wind will whisper truth.


© Copyright 2014


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Grandparenting with Grace: Feeling Alone

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

There are those days I feel alone. Not lonely, just alone, as if I am fighting a losing battle and there is no relief in sight. Then I look at my grandchild and hear, "I love you Grandma." and I know it is all for a purpose. However, it doesn't change the fact that I am living this alone. There are no reinforcements to relieve me. No matter what I have done for others in the past, they are not required to show me Christian love and support at this time. For to give to another is to be done freely and not out of debt or as re-payment. For when I gave it was not required, it was freely given. But I do wonder, "How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?" (Psalm 13:1). Then again it is not required of God to answer.