Shade Tree Wisdom 8/20/13

Shade Tree Wisdom 8/20/13

          Something positive. That storm did something to the TV, so I called, and the assignment was set for 10 this morning. At 10 exactly, the man was here, changed an item that had been touched by lightning, and was gone in 15 minutes. Entered with a smile, quietly did what needed doing and left with a word of thanks from us and a smile for us. It does happen.

          One thing that struck me. Flooding in the southeast and midwest, floods in Russia and the Philippines, and fire raging in the west.

          And here is the title of an article that caught my eye. “Whatever happened to August?” it asks. On the farm it meant harvesting grain, filling bins to feed stock for the coming winter. A time neighbors got together to help each with the work.

          Elsewhere the article laments that “we've ruined the month with school, work, and calendars run amok”. I sort of agree with the lament about start of school. 

          August was a time for slow ice cream cones, for sitting in the shade idly talking, for doing nothing much, except maybe starting to think of the new school year. But Labor Day was the cut off point, and August led to that.

          Now schools start early, and a study shows when schools start early, vacation travel declines, not just for August, but all summer travel declines by 30% when schools start early.

          Well, you and I still have this, God loves us, and we know He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die to pay for the sins we do, and have done. And that makes up for all kinds of thing, even “losing” August to early start of school.

          Always remember His great Gift of salvation.

GPD 8/20/13