Fall is here. Can Winter be far behind?

Fall and Winter are almost the same in central Alaska. It just becomes a matter of severity for those who experience these seasonal changes.

Weather today for Delta Junction, AK shows a high of 33 degree’s and a low of 14 F. With snow showers coming tonight. The daylight hours are shrinking. Every day, six and a half minutes of visible light are stolen away. The rate of light deprivation is increasing rapidly, bringing its stresses to all that abide upon the soon to be frozen landscape.

Delta Junction view of Alaska Range

The animals of the far north have given up on the Summer. They no longer are on a continuous search for food to fatten up to fight off the cold. It is now too late.

Most of the birds have departed as well. The black-winged ravens have stayed though and are still flying about. Contrary to the other animals that are hiding from the coming winter, they are always on the hunt seeking food.

The cycle of life is ongoing within the fast-flowing rivers of Alaska that feed into the seas and oceans.

The summer salmon adults have finished spawning and laid their eggs. Soon the tiny salmon fry will hatch and feed on the decaying bodies of their parentage. Come Spring the little fry will start their trip to the ocean to preserve their species by feeding and growing in the deep ocean of the North Pacific.

Spawning Sockeye Salmon

The Creator has put within his creatures the wisdom to survive, even in the severest of cold of central Alaska.

It is a time of waiting in the North for the animal kingdom. For some a time of sleep. For others, a time of saving energy for the hunt of scarce food in the frigid weather.

When I would walk, the cold ground covered with its light covering of snow, I would remember the past summers adventures. However, your mind quickly shifts to the coming Spring and what will come again.

New life in the Spring. A land restored to a young, fresh and growing glory. The power of creation revealed before your eyes. It is wonderful to observe and experience. These are the words of praise that come to mind as I look at the cold lands about me:

Oh, taste and see, the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalms 34:8.

The animals can only depend upon themselves to survive the harsh days ahead. The nights of 60 degrees below zero without the nourishing light of the sun.

We have our Father who helps us through our hard times, the times of emptiness, the times of need that never seem to be met. He is faithful, and full of mercy for those who love His son Jesus. We can put our trust in Him forever.

look to Him in your days of want and cry out to the Father and Be Blessed by your relationship with Him.

Peter D McPheters

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