Maine's summer!

By June 20 expect summer. May will ossilate, pleasent followed by harsh temperatures.

Conditions are the same each year.

Firm but fair!

I am dealing with a minor issue involving a company commitment.  At a minimum there is a level of unresponsiveness.

In the long run all should be fixed. Dearest Lord, please give me patience. Thank you.

This week's word - enthusiasm.

Today, Kurt had this to say.  Many or most of us have had an individual time of great joy. Joy beyond bounds.   We felt a connection to something we knew was not of us. 

I had one such time where I was alone in the Methodist Road computer room and I had a couple minutes of belly laughing.  I do not remember the specifics, but I think I was laughing at myself.

A more powerful time was on a 2009 November drive heading north in Michigan.  Interstate 75 was divided by a median of trees so the traffic southbound was hidden.  I was listening to classical music and no cars were visible on my side of the road.  The classical music was on a CD and I was familiar with it. As I listened to the music and felt the solitude I absolutely knew I was not alone. I had this rush of joy. 

Kurt in his message talked about these brief super natural moments and then asked how we (humankind) can reject or deny the six or seven billion other super natural connections with our Creator.

John Wesley who lived into his eighties in early 1700 to late 1700, asked his brother in a letter,
do we agree or disagree, if so wherein?

Kurt's point, most all have seen the super natural power of God.  And I say if in no other place than the birth of a child.  And I have a third story of Kathy, myself and our oldest son. Ask sometime.

Spelling and the message!

My spelling word is Ecclesiastes.

Our Sunday teacher cautioned all to read to the end of the book. Ecclesiastes seems filled with gloom and doom. But I'm planning to read the whole to include the end each reading!

Last Saturday and Sunday in three gatherings, the teacher spoke to four thousand. Yesterday roughly half that number heard words as above ending with my summary of Christ alone the cornerstone.

The glasses have come off!

In the late 1950s I first put on glasses. As I was milking the cows I looked down and I saw straw. The straw had texture. I could see. Today I did not wear glasses. My left eye was implanted yesterday. Now with the excess pupil size shrinking I can see. My left eye has corrected distance vision. Later I will lose close up vision in my right eye, but for now I can see both near and far!

April 2, 2018 I walked in snow.

Snow fell in a small area near the coast.  Gutter snow or better grass snow remains.  In four days more may fall.  Will we see an inch then?  Temporary snow in April happens often. Without a long driveway to maintain I do not need to start preparing for the first snow in December.