Finding Refuge During Life’s Winter Storms

January 27, 2026 Gracie

Impact: Finding Refuge During Life’s Winter Storms

Finding refuge in Life's winter storms

You know that a winter storm is bad when meteorologists use words like . . .

Significant impact

Historic

Colossal

Deadly cold

Treacherous travel

Those were just a few of the descriptions for our weather this past weekend (and in other states as well) as winter storm “Fern” blanketed parts of the U.S. with ice and snow.

Dangerously cold temperatures were enough reason for us to stay inside and pray for first responders who rescued stranded motorists on the highways.

Without a doubt, snow and ice can shut down a bunch of states within hours.

Pretty powerful ice crystals.

I searched for the word “snow” in the Bible and came across several verses including this one.

¹⁶He gives snow like wool;
    he scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
    who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸He sends out his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow and the waters flow. – Psalm 147:16-18, (ESV).¹

The weather can change in an instant, for the good or for the bad, but God’s love for us is constant.

He is always good and a beacon for finding refuge during life’s winter storms.

The Psalms are where I turn when a storm rages outside.

Finding Refuge in God’s Word

Finding refuge

The reason that snow can even form in the first place is due to the intricate details with which God created the world.

Here’s a helpful explanation for non-scientists like us.

Snow is formed high in the clouds from water vapor, which is water in the form of gas. If a cloud is cold enough, the water vapor freezes to form ice crystals. At temperatures between about −40 °F (−40 °C) and 32 °F (0 °C), water vapor crystallizes around bits of dust in the cloud. At lower temperatures, water vapor freezes directly into ice crystals.

The ice crystals can stay up in the clouds. Or, if they are heavy enough, they can fall to the ground. As they fall they can clump together with other ice crystals to form snowflakes. – Britannica Kids,²

I’m sure you’ve heard that no two snowflakes are formed alike.

Why is that amazing?

Because it’s estimated that one septillion snowflakes “fall worldwide every year.” ³

One septillion. There are 24 zeroes in that number!

Only our God who rules over every season can do that.

¹⁶Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
¹⁷You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made summer and winter. – Psalm 74:16-17, (ESV).⁴