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"Summer's
Coooooooooooool "
July & August, 2004
Here we are, just beginning the summer season.
What fond memories I have of how cool summer
was. Remember when we waited for school to get
out. Remember how often we got to do things
like fish all day, camp out any night , play
ball for hours, ride that bicycle everywhere
and pick empty pop bottles up along the way
to exchange for a coke, candy bar and a pack
of baseball
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| cards. Summer is cool.
With our horses, we would do long trail rides, swim in the
creek and cook out over a camp fire. I even remember laying
on the bank in our yard and watching those big puffy clouds
pass as we would try to picture things in their shapes.
I wonder sometimes now if I'll ever find the time just
to mow the grass or trim the bushes and glimpse at a passing
cloud hoping to get done before the rain. Oh, you can relate
to that too? Well, summer is still cool. Actually, it has
been only a week since summer started. That means we have
from now until the last week of September to officially
enjoy summer. Relax. Such a strange word in our vocabulary,
isn't it? But we, or at least I, do make life too fast paced.
There needs to be time to rest, relax, vacation and enjoy
the things of God. He is a great creator. See all he has
done for you. Enjoy summer’s "COOL," a lawn
chair, a trip to the lake (fish a while), leave your work
at home on your family vacation (experience Gods gift of
life), enjoy life and enter His rest.
Summer provides a chance to enjoy our independence, to
celebrate a night sky full of lights, kids outside loving
life, building memories and eventually waiting for summer’s
end. Summer, so cool, has prepared them for school. Rather
than fitting more into a longer, bright day, take time to
pause, even stop, and enjoy the presence of the Lord–
loving Him for what he has provided- and let the Lord build
fond memories, create new dreams and let you play awhile.
Sometimes, we think we are too big for summer, but we need
some more summers to learn to enjoy life and God’s
blessings. Summer is cool!
Enjoy Until Fall,
-Rev.
Gene Hill, Pastor
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