Some people say that man is putting his nose into what he shouldn't be. But I ask you what is the number 1 topic "around the water cooler" these days? Global warming. That's right. The recent onrush of record-breaking tornadoes has our world in the frenzy. And let us not forget the flooding prior to that. New Orleans, Mississippi, Indiana and some parts of Louisville, Kentucky. But as I sit here on my porch and watch the morning sun, I am in awe at everything; and I mean everything, that is around me.
I am always mindful of nature, or should I say, the natural things in life. Birds singing, trees flourishing in their many shades of green, the smell of pollen and grass, a dog barking in the distance, the chirping of insects, birds fluttering about in a nearby tree, and the wind blowing in my ears.
And then there is the man-made. Man-made is exactly what the word implies; its man made. Our futile attempts to "create" as God creates. The best we have been able to create is a method to implant different environments anywhere we please for the sole purpose of learning more and more about the world around us. But do not be angry at man. He is simply doing what he has been commanded to do since the beginning of time; "Take dominion over the earth". Ever since our pitiful fall in the Garden of Eden we haven't exactly stayed on the path that was ordained for us. But we are surviving, and some would argue that that is not too bad of a thing.
If we are actually in the last days I would hope to be able to live it to its fullest. After all, in Heaven, or Hell, there will be no marrying and giving in marriage, no family to raise, no yacht on the beach. Just as in life, our priorities will be changed. We will do far more than sing hymns around the alter. "Eye has not seen; Ear has not heard".
In this short life I have learned to hope for the hope-less, to cheer for impossibilities, and to laugh in the face of calamities.
I love you all,
Dennis
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