Shade Tree Wisdom 8/1/08

Just think, we’ve left the heat of July behind us one more time. And our relief lasts just till we realize the heat of August is often even more intense. Sizzling, some call it.
Well, the doctor’s office called and we have an appointment for August 11. ”By the way”, said the caller, “we are moving the office next week to a different location,” and gave me the new address. Handy still, but I think of the logistics. There are seven heart specialists with this office, and just moving everything makes my mind boggle. But when I get there, everything will be in place to serve.

I am often amazed at logistics of our day. The highway department is busy doing some work near our house, and this morning they are pouring, and I counted 6 trucks lined up to pour the mix. So somewhere gravel and cement and sand had to be gotten together, trucks ready, with drivers, and on this end the forms had to be secured, the workers ready to smooth and tend the mix, and the list goes on. We sort of take that for granted.

Or supplying the shelves of a super market, astounding, and they are working on a system that will allow you to push your cart to the checkout and the system will ring the costs and give you the total because each item has a little chip in it that tells the machine all it needs to know. Don’t have to empty the cart, just push it out to the car and load it up.

When the Church at Jerusalem was debating what the new Gentile Christians must do as new believers, the debate centered on whether to make them also follow all the rules and works of Moses. James said in his speech not to load them down with things “Neither we or our ancestors were able to do.” Because God had saved all by grace, and then he added, “known to God from eternity are all his works”. Acts 15,18.

In the hustle and bustle of every day life, this makes a sure word to cling to. God already knows. He said once, “I have engraven your name on the palms of My hand’ Is, 49,16. That’s quite a comfort, to know God knows us that well. So, in spite of our finiteness, our lives rest in the hand of God, and we can face each day with calm, because He already knows what we face and strengthens us to the journey.

GPD 8/1/08