If you live anywhere in Canada, you know the feeling.
One day, the sun is shining, the snow is melting, and you’re thinking,
“This is it! Spring is finally here!”
But the next day?
Snow again. Cold wind. Winter coat back on.
We laugh about it every year and call it fake spring. It’s that teasing moment when everything looks like it’s changing but not quite yet. And honestly, isn’t that a lot like our faith journey?
There are seasons in life where it feels like something new is just around the corner. You start to see hints of hope, breakthroughs, answered prayers, a shift in your spirit. It’s like the snow is melting and the sun is finally warming your face.
And just as quickly, things seem to slip backward. Challenges return. Prayers feel unanswered. The cold settles in again. If we’re not careful, we can start to believe what we see more than what God has said.
The Bible reminds us in 2 Corinthians 5:7:
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
Faith doesn’t ignore reality, but it refuses to be ruled by it.
Just because there’s still snow on the ground doesn’t mean spring isn’t coming.
Just because you can’t see the change yet doesn’t mean God isn’t working. Underneath that frozen ground, something is happening. Roots are preparing. Seeds are waiting. Life is quietly getting ready to break through.
In the same way, God is always at work beneath the surface of our lives, even when everything still looks cold, still, and unchanged.
Fake spring reminds us of something powerful:
What we see isn’t the full story.
So please choose faith.
Trust that God’s promises are still true even when circumstances don’t line up yet.
Believe that breakthrough is coming even if today feels like winter again.
Hold on to hope even when the evidence hasn’t fully appeared.
Keep walking. Keep trusting. Keep believing.
Because the snow won’t last forever and real spring will always come.
