It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His.…

George MacDonald
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It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His. And into His winter He came to visit us. And all man's winters are His - the winter of our poverty, the winter of our sorrow, the winter of our unhappiness - even 'the winter of our discontent. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.636, Delphi Classics
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