A cold morning, a chirping bird, and a quiet reminder about the seasons we wish we could skip—and why they matter. It felt unbearable. Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but it was uncomfortable enough to make me question God and His ways all over again. I was walking to catch the bus for work on a mid-December morning. My backpack was loaded with all the winter essentials, and I was confident my giant sleeping-bag coat (I look like a black caterpillar in it) and my h