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Summer is over, Labor Day has passed and everyone is now back in school. Â It's already starting to get dark earlier here in Brighton. Â The days are getting shorter and the summer adventures are now just a memory.
Summer adventures for our family used to always include a visit to the farm. Â Grandpa and Grandma would orchestrate opportunities to get the eggs from the chickens, feed the pigs, gather fresh veggies from the garden, ride the four-wheeler, and go fishing. Â As young girls, we learned how to make holly hock dolls, blow bubbles with dish soap and celery sticks, and I even got a legit piggy-back ride one time.
I suppose it is the lingering heat after the final days of summer that has reminded me of such memories recently - that and scrolling through old pictures from when we were kids. Â On this Throwback Thursday, if you too are filled with a flood of fun memories from summers and childhood, thank God for those blessings and the ways that it shaped you. Â If, however, your childhood was a little tougher and the good memories are hard to come by, be blessed to know that each day is a new day and a new opportunity to make memories with your family now.
Take a moment to reflect on a fun memory from this past summer and, if you can, leave a comment sharing the story here.
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Pigs on the farm[/caption]
Last night, I was reminded of a quote from the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, a book series I highly recommend for people of all ages! The quote was from chapter 8 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when Beaver is telling Lucy and the others about Aslan. Lucy asks, "Is he—quite safe?" [...] "Safe?" said Mr. Beaver [...] "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."
Have you ever asked that or thought that about God? Is He safe? I think I concur with C.S. Lewis; God is not safe, but He is good. It’s easy to forget that God is not safe, but He is most definitely good. Food for thought on this Wake-up Wednesday.
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Aslan in the Chronicles of Naria[/caption]
