Memorial

today starts a very important weekend, leading to a very important day.  no, i'm not talking about this being the unofficial, official first day of summer - you know, where you get the boats out, you bbq, and you party, mainly celebrating the fact that you don't have to work on monday.  i'm talking about remember what many, many, brave women and men have done to insure that we can role the boats out, bbq, and generally have a great weekend - our soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen.  the gave of themselves so that we can give to ourselves.  but, let's stop giving to ourselves for a few moments and remember them - a moment of silence, thanking someone in uniform, or whatever.  and while you're at it, give thanks to our God that has blessed us with a country worth defending.

i'm sitting here at my desk thinking about this morning and listening to the birds chirp out side.  what beautiful music they create as they almost majestically lift up the sun from the horizon.  the robins.  the cardinals.  the doves.  the rest.  i can almost imagine that there is this heavenly conductor conducting some magnificent piece that they are all performing.  and it lifts me up.  just like the worship of the living God that i will participate in in a few short hours.

monday

it's monday.  it's monday!  man, it's monday.  i hear this over and over, like it's the end of life or something.  personally, i think mondays get a very bad rap.  it's a new day.  it's the first day of the work week.  it's the day you see friends you might not have seen for a few days.  it's a day that we often stir up our brain to start thinking again.  besides all of that, it's the day the Lord has made. so, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

rain

rain, rain, rain!  over the last eight days we have had seven inches of rain - at least according to my rain gauge.  that's a lot of water and the ground is still soggy, and i live on a hill.  but, at least the old basement stayed dry.  it came down slowly and it came down in torrents.  it was at times a quiet drizzle and at times a thunderous, lightning filled outpouring of water.  a couple of the bolts of lightning seemed to strike fairly close, one a few nights ago about 3:30 in the morning.  i won't say i came out of bed standing, but it was close at times.  of course, it was accompanied with flash floods and warnings of flooding.  i'm glad God promised that we wouldn't experience another flood like noah did.