MINISTERS MUSINGS

 

AUGUST 2009 MUSING

WET! WET! WET!

In this well watered island there is usually one component topic of conversation, the weather. Just where is this blistering Bar B Q summer we were promised? I have had to put my central heating on twice this week in the so called middle of summer. Work in the garden is limited because of quick heavy showers drenching everything including me. At least it has done the beans good.

There was a time when we blamed God for the weather, now we blame the weather forecasters. They have certainly made a ‘bloomer’ this summer. Despite the unseasonal weather and the grumbles of the farmers, crops are produced in season. By September we will be praising God for the harvest. I am glad that God is really in control. Our Lord demonstrated this when He calmed the storm on Lake Galilee.

In this country we bemoan the rain, but I well remember being visited by a Christian friend from the Transkei. She was overwhelmed by the lush green countryside, so different from the semi arid landscape she was used to. There available water was used carefully and sparingly. When I asked her to say grace before lunch the first thing she did was to thank God for water. What we take for granted to others is precious. So this summer holiday as we trek to the beach and across our countryside enveloped in waterproofs, let us thank God for life giving water. Above all let us remember and thank God for the One who is the ‘Water of Life’. Have a good holiday.