Hosea 6:3

Brilliantly saturated hills roll beneath a sky heavy with storm clouds, and yet the land glows — lit not by sunshine but by a kind of expectant readiness. Hosea writes, “Let us acknowledge the Lord… as surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth,” and these hills look as though they already know the rain is on its way. This is a landscape of confident faith, not anxious waiting — the kind of trust that stays green even under a darkening sky. It is a powerful reminder that faithfulness is as certain and as seasonal as the rains.