It didn't look like much...just an old weathered table beneath the willow-tree, but it was a schooner and the tickets were free!
Yesterday was the first day of summer vacation for Victoria and already I've heard the words 'I'm bored'.uh-oh.
Often, in this age of gadgets and screens I find myself
thinking,
‘Kids don’t play like they used to’. When we grew up our
greatest toy was our imagination. I remember my mother laughing and shaking her
head saying ‘what must the neighbors think!’ as we were transformed to whoever
we saw in our heads. We didn’t travel much in real life but we all loved to
read, these stories fueling our wildest ventures. There was nothing quite as adventurous as ‘playing
pretend’…oh, the untold destinations in those words ‘let’s pretend we’re…’and
beneath the willow tree the summer fell away as we carried out kitchen
chairs if necessary and they became school desks and Big Sister was Teacher and
we all were naughty students until she punished us with a sheet of math-facts
and suddenly school was over as students stomped off in a huff. We traveled
ocean-liners and trains, tamed wild ‘tree-limb horses’, became airplanes...and yes, sometimes we were so bored we thought we were going to die, but then we 'invented' a new game. Boredom's desperation fuels imagination!
"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!" Mark 1:15
For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of
salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now
is the day of salvation. 2Cor.6:2
Yesterday morning at our worship service we looked at 1 Peter chapter 1. The question was asked; what difference has Jesus made in our day-to-day life as we first considered the Living Hope we have through the risen Christ and then our exhortation to holy living! I have been pondering this question since then and I believe that until we truly believe and only if we truly believe, will it make any difference and ALL the difference! Living Hope gives purpose to everything we do!