Why winter is not a result of the fall...

Happy Valentine’s Day World! I know so many people who love and who hate this Halmark Holiday. I take it as an opportunity to celebrate the fact that I am IN LOVE! But that isn’t the purpose of my blog today. The purpose is to fill you all in on a little something I’ve decided.

I hate to be cold. I despise it. The only thing worse than being cold is being cold and WET, or wet and COLD either way it makes me miserable. My friend Jessi used to comment that she was less able to stand up to the enemy if she was cold. To which my friend Beth has decided that winter is a result of the fall. I also held both of these beliefs until recently when I got to thinking. (Aka: when I couldn’t sleep.)

We know (as Beth Moore would say it) that God created the HEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS and the earth. Being a geographer, I study the earth in a more intimate way than most people. I know why the sun rises and sets where it does, why it rains, why its cloudy or sunny, and most importantly why the seasons change.

Winter cannot possibly be a result of the fall because it’s an integral part of the cycle the earth takes around the sun, which God himself established. Think about it- God created Earth to be just far enough from the sun to be warm enough for human life but not too hot and not too cold. He sent the earth around the sun so different parts of earth could reap the benefits of a summer and a winter. He tilted the earth 23.5 degrees north so that we wouldn’t get too much sun when we were too close to the sun. He made the earth spin to help generate our magnetic field-to create our atmosphere which is just right to keep the sun’s harmful rays out and let the warming, energy producing rays in. Everything about the Earth’s intricate trip around the sun screams creation in its perfection to make Earth habitable by human life.

Part of this cycle is the winter season. While it spits and spats out snow and ice and makes traveling complicated, it also kills off a lot of pests and insects to make life safer. So my conclusion is that we have a God who in his glory created a rotating orbiting planet just perfect for us!