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Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Genesis 1:14

Here’s something to think about.

Have you ever thought how boring life would be without change? If every day was exactly the same, if there was no division between day or night. If every sunrise  replicated the last?…. (this is just one variation of the glorious sunrises which greet me each morning)

What if the moon didn’t decrease in size in its lunar phases as it ranges from crescent to full moon? Would we appreciate such an amazing sight as the moon rising above the lake and splashing light across its glassy surface.

What if the moon had no effect on the tides, if our world was uncertain and chaotic?

What if it was summer all the time with unceasing humidity? Or if every day was wintry cold and raining? How depressing would that be?

Seasons lift our spirits! Change grows us. Adversity strengthens us.

Going through storms in our life journey makes us who we are. Without change we would fail to develop. We wouldn’t learn any coping skills, our emotions would flat line.

On the Quiet Side of the Great Lake, we have balmy, sunny days. Days that lift your spirits. The birds are more vocal, the doggie population seems more frisky and bark more as people venture past our homes on the grassy lake edge. The trees seem greener, the lake bluer and the flowers more colourful. It is uplifting!

People take to the lake in boats and kayaks. Windsurfers speed across the lake propelled by stiff breezes. It is invigorating!

At times furious storms launch themselves at us from the south. When the wind rushes across the lake driving up white caps and slams into our home with such enormous force it gets our adrenalin running, we grow out of necessity .

We prepare as well as possible, but we have been flooded on occasion as the lake and local creeks fill and overflow. Trusting in God we get through it. One storm lasted six days which we spent without power and flooded in. Eight months of chaos followed as our ground floor had to be completely renovated.

You can see the tops of the swings below and the flooded shoreline compared to the photo No.4 above.

God’s creation reflects the order of all created things together with the diversity of nature.

“Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds, kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, young men and maidens, old men and children.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above the earth and the heavens.” Psalm 148:7-13

Somebody once said to me when I asked how their day was going, “Nothing’s happening here. All pretty boring.”

“There is always something happening. I suggested, sometimes you just have to open your eyes and look for it.”

Change and its presenting opportunities are happening all around you. Don’t let them pass you by, open your eyes and grab them!

Marilyn