Metaphor

I was listening to a cool song by The Myriad a few days ago that is titled, “A Thousand Winters Melting.” The chorus is:Love, Love, A thousand winters meltingLove, yes Love, As you wrap your arms around me I thought that a great metaphor for God’s love coming into our lives and making us “new creatures” is a lot like a thousand winters melting.I found that it is cool to use metaphors to help express the deep experiences we have with God. It helps us explain to others in a way that they may relate to something that is subjective to us. Everyone can imagine what 1,ooo winters melting would feel like.What are some metaphors that you have found helpful to explain your experience with God? The New Testament is full of them… such as Paul’s picture of engrafted branches in Romans 11:11-24. He could have thoroughly explained God’s plan for salvation being extended to the Gentiles. However, getting a metaphoric picture of engrafted branches allows our imagination to be impacted with revelation, not just intellectual knowledge.Anyway, when God’s love entered my life almost 10 years ago, and many times since then, it was like 1,000 winters melting. What was it like for you?