Summer is Upon Us

My how time flies.  It seems like just yesterday that we were thinking about shoveling and the snow and here we are on the doorstep of summer.  Cookouts, beaches, and the glorious wonder of children without school.  Vacation is truly a wonderful thing, and yet as an adult I am reminded that for parents, summer is often a stressful time as they have to figure out what to do with the kids because work schedules do not allow three month summer breaks.  Going to the beach is good fun because we have to pack up the chairs, make the picnic lunch, remember to buy the sunscreen and all of the other details that a simple day at the beach requires. 

This line of thinking reminds me that sometimes we think of life as summer break.  We want God to give us the fun and the joy of play but we do not want to even think about the work that goes into life.  God holds the whole world in His capable hands and the expectation of 7 billion people is that He is bending to our will rather than orchestrating the most beautiful trip we could imagine.  He is the one who packed the car with everything that we would need to make the journey, and we complain because we don't have one of our toys - nevermind that He packed 5 things that were more fun, we complain about the one thing we want but don't have.  He protects us every moment of every day but we complain in those moments we have to wait for 1 minute for the sunscreen to be applied.  It is as if He is killing our joy because we cant be in the water right NOW!  He packs a beautiful lunch and we envy the guy next to us who is grilling instead of picnicking. 

The analogy goes on, but I think you get the idea.  This summer be reminded that God is faithfully loving us every moment of every day and providing all that we need for life and for godliness in His glorious Word.  He has given us all good things in Christ and provided for an eternal home for us.  Let us not whine on the trip about momentary discomfort, but rejoice in the destination that God has provided for us - an eternal fellowship with Him!