"This life at best
is but
the Christian's
winter,
and
the bleak winds
of winter--
disappointments,
losses,
pain,
and anguish--
are our lot here;
but our hopes
are reaching
forward
to the Christian's
summer,
when we shall
change climate,
leave all
the wintry blasts
and fierce tempests
behind,
and be taken
to those mansions
Jesus
has gone
to prepare
for those
that love Him."

--Ellen G. White,
Life Sketches,
pp. 239, 240 

Lake Winnebago,
Wisconsin,
January 26, 2002