Winter again

Well, the short spell of Spring-like weather has come and gone once again. Now we can get back to winter for real. This won't make some people (my fiancee, for one) very happy because they like and thrive on warm weather. These kind of people are wearing layers when it's 80 (my mom used to be one of these people). But one thing that is interesting to me is how much of a mind game air temperature can be. Think about when it's 60 degrees. If there's a day in the summer where it only gets up to 60, people rummage through their closets looking for their jackets and turn on the heat in the house. Now in January when it's 60 degrees, look out because out come the shorts and the sunblock (although till today we haven't seen the sun in over 2 weeks it seems)! I don't know how that works in the minds of people but it seems to hold true pretty much everywhere. I suppose I'm glad that we have such variation in weather patterns though. Otherwise, I would get extremely bored with the predictability of the seasons.

Proverbs 14:6 says "The mocker seeks wisdom but finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning". I'm sure we all have dealt with people in our school days who for some reason just never got it. I'm not talking about those challenged students , but those who were always on the cutting edge of getting into trouble or being first with a snide remark and wondered why they never got any breaks from anyone. I've known a few myself. They are frustrating people to even observe! It's painful! They seem to yell alot too, just so you know that they are there. I think this person is the mocker in our verse today. They never seem to like any of their teachers nor do they think life is fair. But when you see how they act, being unfair and unlikeable, they are a living, breathing contradiction! Even in their boldest attempts to gain some knowledge worth knowing, it's hard coming. Why? Because they have this mocking attitude about them. The attitude of the discerning is just the opposite. They have found that life is a little easier when a.) they are easy to get along with (not mockish), and b.) they have the right attitude. This attitude is one of true desire to learn and do what is right. Their drive for the truth causes them to "see" and "think" more clearly through life. This discernment develops the right kind of mind within them. And because they are seeing and thinking with the right mind, the knowledge which they desire is their for the taking. Jesus spoke of this kind of person when he said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled," (Matt. 5:6). No one strives to be like the mocker because everyone can see that he's a buffoon! If we set our standards higher and seek to have this right kind of mind, we will indeed be filled.

No new announcements, but be on the lookout for Super Bowl party , Jr. High retreat, Acquire the Fire, and JBC Spring Retreat info.

Later...