It's hot, of course.
But there's more:
1) baby birds have hatched on the back porch, a couple chicks made it, a couple didn't
2) the pool is using an extraordinary amount of chlorine now
3) wasps are nesting up around the rafters
4) my son is taking 'summer courses' at college
5) there's a wedding every weekend
6) the neighborhood smells of BBQ 24x7 and the lawnmowers never stop their buzz
7) when we go out in the evening for chips, salsa and lemonade, we always request the patio
8) we talk about buying a lake house - alot - again (see picture)
9) 'cheapcarribbean.com' and 'pueblobonito.com' are 2 websites I search hourly for deals
10) the A/C unit never stops running - the bills gonna be a whopper
11) my skin is turning golden brown, the way I like it
12) everyones cologne is called 'suntan lotion' - the best
13) plans are being made for the 4th
14) I'm looking for the perfect book to read on the beach - whether or not I actually go to the beach
15) sunsets are spectacular
16) it's t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops
17) I review my list of things I saved to do during the summer, but now its too hot to do them
These are the kinds of things that happen in the summer. And it sometimes feels to me that what we do in the summer sets the stage for the rest of the year, like a jumping off point to our lives. Even the short summer vacations give us the energy and motivation to move forward to the rest of the year.
Like Solomon says in Proverbs 10:5 - "He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son."
So what 'crops' are we to gather? Maybe we're to prepare for the fall, the winter, the cold dark months ahead. Maybe we should be finding that new job now, or that new place to live.
Or, planning for a new way of living. Plan for fun; plan to be productive and fruitful; plan for a meaningful existence - before it's too late.
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