Bullying

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An upside down situation.  Two bullying situations in our local high school have dealt with kids I know.  They have been related to youth that attend local church youth programs.  You might be able to see some things coming, but you still hope for the best and cry over the worst.

For all the factors that relate to someone being a bully, there is still a choice that is made.  And until the heart is changed, there will always be the fast run to ruin.  My prayer is that we see the initiators turn to God.  Pray with my for this!

A summer touch

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If Thursday was a touch of winter, today had temperatures that are a touch of summer – about 20 degrees Celcius.

Along with summer has come wind.  Howling, pushy, disruptive wind.  Our self-pruning tree in the backyard is doing it’s thing.  The branches are falling to the ground – I’ll have my work cut out over the next few days.

And so, the wide range of temperature has good and bad.  Those in Bahamas wonder how we can live here!  Some days, we wonder too!

Honour

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Tonight three of us pastors and our wives were honoured by our friends, those who congregate with us.  The setting was simple.  As three couples we sat around a table, joked, told stories and then prayed together.  Our hosts served us exquisite food and we were honoured.

I’m not sure I have words to describe the experience.  In some ways it was another night out.  In other ways I have had no other night out that was quite the same.

Thank you to all who contributed – those who were present to serve and those who served by praying for us, showering us with gifts and just thinking of us!

May God bless.

A winter feel

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I’m always amazed how quickly we adapt.  And how quickly we forget.

The last few days have been cold.  Prior to that we were overwhelmed with warmth in a month that normally is chilly.

How can a few days of warmth cause us to immediately dislike cold – cold which a few months previously would have been considered comfortably warm?

So, today our noon hour was warming as we stepped from our lunch hour respite.  And yet, things still felt cool.

To assert that warmth is on the way, I place my parka into “winter storage.” 

A great symbolic gesture that may need to be rescinded.  I was reminded of the July long weekend a decade or more ago.  We had traveled through the States.  There we were warned to “cover our tomatoes”.  Of course, we were mobile in a car and had no tomatoes to cover.  But we did stop at a motel where all sorts of reservations had been cancelled – maybe they were all covering their tomatoes at home.

I think there was only one other room rented out that evening.  We headed to the pool – which was outdoors.   Steam rose from the pool as we tried to remain warm underwater.  We rushed from the pool to our room for warm hot chocolate.  In the morning windshields needed to be scraped.

So, maybe March has been warm but we should be ready for cold – even into July!