Yet, sometimes we struggle at the bit when we are not spiritually fruitful the way we expect ourselves to be. Maybe you are going through a winter season, where God is giving you a period of rest and restoration. I went through such a season where I thought all inside of me had died. I have a very dear, dear friend, in fact, she's my best friend, who is in a wintertime season spiritually. I can't help but think of the other three seasons in the natural.
Spring is new life, but summer is a time of growing and fall a time of harvest.
Wintertime winds prune the dead branches so in the spring the tree will be stronger. In wintertime the soil rests so that life can spring forth with the warmth that WILL come. Each freeze and thaw aerates the soil, improving it. The early spring thunderstorms add nitrogen to the soil. The perennial seeds are hibernating in the wintertime soil, just biding their time.