Just Wondering 9/7/07

Just wondering 9/7/07

Humid walking this morning, and if there had been no breeze, it would have been most uncomfortable. Well, the weather report says we have had nearly 50 inches of rain this year so far, as compared to the normal 3l.69. So, humid, of course.

The news this morning shows a picture in front of a school in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Just painted for the year and it reads shcool, but they promised to correct that error. Wonder how many children caught it. Foibles that tickle.

Another report speaks of the mass disappearing of honeybees. Bee keepers have noticed for some time that their hives are withering, and they don’t know why. Bees leave, and simply don’t return. Experts studying this think maybe it’s some kind of virus, and it is the same world-wide.
And yet another article speaks of teenage suicide on the rise again. Experts give many reasons, but one cannot help but wonder the despair that drives a person whose life is just beginning to take it. For surely nothing is so terrible that there is no help. Let’s turn to Psalm 34. This was written by David when he was being hunted by king Saul, and he had fled to Gath to find with their hated enemies, the philistines. The king there, Achish, was reminded that once the woman had sung of David, “David has slain 10,000.” Do you want this man here? So David pretended madness and was sort of left alone. But psalm 34 says it all. In this terrible time, David turned to the Lord for help.

The thought comes to mind that when times are terrible, and there seems no end to the bad news, it is time, it is always time, to turn to our God. Let us be diligent in doing this. God has made promises which He will keep. Depend on it.

GPD 9/7/07