There are lots of things that spring brings to my mind. Random things mind you. Things that are of significance but maybe not of extreme importance. From the abyss, that is my brain, mind or soul here's a list, random and perhaps ridiculous. Respond by adding to it if you wish.
Springing to mind here in Spring"
Leaves, learning to ride a bike with only "coaster brakes", planting, transplanting, running a marathon, Easter Sunrise service and Easter dinner. Worms, plowed fields, packets of corn, bean, gourd, flower seeds, rain, floods, tornados, tomatoes, ticks, chiggers, poison ivy, English ivy, invasive plants, Vacation Bible School, Spring Break, wearing shorts on the first warm day, getting a short haircut. Mowing grass, planting grass, listening to spring bird songs, stomping down molehills in the yard, making mountains out of molehill issues. New movie releases, Memorial Day, July 4th, summer vacation, baling hay, longer days, clear starry nights, first lightning bugs, popcicles, Kool Aid, bluebird houses, bluebird days, tulips, iris, dandelions, nettle, magnolias, naps in the sunshine. Newborn kittens, calves, colts, puppies and baby birds fallen from their nests. Places that are now shady and cool mornings with warm afternoons. Trout fishing, bass fishing, canoeing, camping in the back yard. Goodbye to winter, frost and wind chill, hello to heat humidity and sweat.
Time to remember the goodness of the Lord as the earth shows his springtime glory and time to show your love to those around you.
Acts of random kindness and peace...they are not random!
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Warning! Warning Will Robinson!
"Don't run with scissors, don't look directly into the sun..EVER, always stay one step ahead of everyone, "This is a test of the emergency broadcast system, this is just a test!" "A tornado (thunderstorm, flash flood , frost, freeze, wind chill, fire hazard, blizzard, lightning) WARNING has been announced by .....fill in the blank. Remember the robot on the TV show Lost is Space who was so highly functional that it could give a warning to the Robinson family whenever the camera started to shake...? The robot of the future is now present in our everyday life. The robot and every one's favorite TV dog Lassie, were leading us into the warning world we now live in. Can you forget how Lassie would bark when the background music went into a minor key, thus prompting Timmy to say "What is it girl?" knowing that in dog language, he was being warned of something bad about to happen, like an abandoned well about to be discovered by the bottom of his Keds sneakers.
Today we live in a warning filled world, some of which are basic to our survival and others are to be ignored, and some are just silly. What made me think of the world of warnings and how it may be out of control was buying a new pair of running shoes the other day. Believe it or not my new Mizunos had a tag attached to the laces that was titled: "Cautions" which in 7, count'em SEVEN languages the following paragraph warned about the use of these running shoes.
" This product has been designed and manufactured for the sport of running. Use of this product for other activities limits the warranty for this product."
So for the record, I didn't know there was a warranty, but now I have been warned. I guess, walking to the starting line of a race in my sock feet will help keep my warranty intact, and if I decide to walk at some point in a marathon I should stop and take them off just to keep my warranty in place. And for casual hiking, bike riding, piggy backs for the grandkids or bullfighting, I will need to wear my old running shoes which I am sure have no warranty left. The problem is I may choose to ignore this warning and wear these shoes to walk to the mail box or at some point mow the grass (by then the warranty will surely be gone), and by ignoring the "caution" may find myself in some sort of jeopardy.
When cautions and warnings come on things that do not have power motors attached to sharp spinning blades, wheels that can crush your foot, or maybe one of the million things your mother told you would 'put out somebody's eye, then perhaps the warning business is just a little out of hand.
But you know in everday life there are warning we ignore, like this shoe warning and the stop hand/running man pedestrian light at a crosswalk, because we know what to do and can use our own judgement, we can see that walking in a running shoe is not bad, and we can also see there are no cars that are close enough to hit us if we jaywalk. There are other warnings in our everyday life that we and many others choose ignore coming from the source we should not ignore, the Bible. Such as when Jesus warns that "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8: 35-36) or "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?" (Luke 12: 25-26) These are not just good advice, they are warnings about how to NOT live everyday.
Everything that we are warned about can become a worry, and so much time is wasted on things in life we cannot control. My running shoes will protect my feet when I run, and when I limp across the finish line, or hoist a 6 year old on my back. The freeze warning will allow me to TRY to protect plants in my garden, but in the end, nature will win, and the plants will figure out how to start again... next year. Caution, do not spend too much time worrying about these things.
So for now, when the freeze warning crawls across the bottom of the screen, or the cover of my steaming fast food coffee cup, reads "WARNING, CONTENTS ARE VERY HOT!" I'll try to keep my cool and be happy, don't worry.
But be warned: there will probably be more blogs to come!.
Peace.
Today we live in a warning filled world, some of which are basic to our survival and others are to be ignored, and some are just silly. What made me think of the world of warnings and how it may be out of control was buying a new pair of running shoes the other day. Believe it or not my new Mizunos had a tag attached to the laces that was titled: "Cautions" which in 7, count'em SEVEN languages the following paragraph warned about the use of these running shoes.
" This product has been designed and manufactured for the sport of running. Use of this product for other activities limits the warranty for this product."
So for the record, I didn't know there was a warranty, but now I have been warned. I guess, walking to the starting line of a race in my sock feet will help keep my warranty intact, and if I decide to walk at some point in a marathon I should stop and take them off just to keep my warranty in place. And for casual hiking, bike riding, piggy backs for the grandkids or bullfighting, I will need to wear my old running shoes which I am sure have no warranty left. The problem is I may choose to ignore this warning and wear these shoes to walk to the mail box or at some point mow the grass (by then the warranty will surely be gone), and by ignoring the "caution" may find myself in some sort of jeopardy.
When cautions and warnings come on things that do not have power motors attached to sharp spinning blades, wheels that can crush your foot, or maybe one of the million things your mother told you would 'put out somebody's eye, then perhaps the warning business is just a little out of hand.
But you know in everday life there are warning we ignore, like this shoe warning and the stop hand/running man pedestrian light at a crosswalk, because we know what to do and can use our own judgement, we can see that walking in a running shoe is not bad, and we can also see there are no cars that are close enough to hit us if we jaywalk. There are other warnings in our everyday life that we and many others choose ignore coming from the source we should not ignore, the Bible. Such as when Jesus warns that "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8: 35-36) or "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?" (Luke 12: 25-26) These are not just good advice, they are warnings about how to NOT live everyday.
Everything that we are warned about can become a worry, and so much time is wasted on things in life we cannot control. My running shoes will protect my feet when I run, and when I limp across the finish line, or hoist a 6 year old on my back. The freeze warning will allow me to TRY to protect plants in my garden, but in the end, nature will win, and the plants will figure out how to start again... next year. Caution, do not spend too much time worrying about these things.
So for now, when the freeze warning crawls across the bottom of the screen, or the cover of my steaming fast food coffee cup, reads "WARNING, CONTENTS ARE VERY HOT!" I'll try to keep my cool and be happy, don't worry.
But be warned: there will probably be more blogs to come!.
Peace.
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