March 13 – Cliff Ice

Mid-March is the battle of the seasons along Lake Superior.

After the waves rage, the icy aftermath clings to trees and cliffs in spectacular beauty. There is no better place to witness this artistry than Tettegouche State Park.

Cold fronts still pack a punch. Freezing mist from crashing waves coats the shoreline in God’s glorious design.

The storms have had their way, but this ice will not last long in the powerful afternoon sun. Soon, the icicles will melt back into the waters—ready for the next storm.

“From whose womb comes the ice?

Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

when the waters become hard as stone,

when the surface of the deep is frozen?”

— Job 38:29–30

It is often after the roughest storms that the starkest beauty appears.

Like these trees bowing under the weight of ice, bow before the Lord—and in time, you will feel the warmth of the Son of God.