Perhaps the best thing about winter is that, without it, there could be no spring, just as, without death, there could be no resurrection. Jesus had to go into the grave to rise in newness of life. He broke through the cold blanket of death, pushed Himself up through the earth and broke out into the realm of forever. This He did to destroy spiritual winter and make a pathway for us to follow, so that we, too, can be resurrected.
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