Editorial December 30, 1985 ISSUE

"Roots that survive winter"

BARBARA-JEAN STINSON

We were walking through a botanical garden on a cold wintry day. The flowers were mostly gone, and the garden looked quite dead. But right in the middle of this uninspiring scene was a bedding of perennials with a sign that read, "Roots that survive winter."

How encouraging that sign was! It served as a reminder—that if our thought is deeply rooted in the understanding of God, we cannot be overwhelmed by the times when everything seems dark and discouraging.

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