THERE IS A CHILL IN THE AIR

Our garden is looking very beautiful will all the flowers coming out and blooming so full of colour and all the different shapes and varieties. We have many places to sit and enjoy the gift of nature; but it has been too chilly and windy to even think about it. We will now have a real shady place to sit under the massive branches of the evergreen tree that Ben and Morgan are so excited about. It is almost like a tree fort. We do not see Ben and Morgan very much any more so we enjoy every moment of their visit. Dad played lacrosse with Ben at the tennis park and later I took them for a walk over to our nearest park.

It is hard to keep in touch with our grandchildren who are busy and scattered. We are looking forward to Ken coming in July and hopefully all our children will be able to get together. Also Kim is coming in July and we are excited about seeing her.

It seem chilly in Colebrook Church yesterday to me anyways. There were about half of the people away because of the long week-end but what a loving group of people.
It was so good to see a friend who we had been praying for out of hospital and recovering her health. There were those who were grieving and those who were celebrating and in a small church you are very aware of this.

Douglas Todd in the Vancouver Sun writes about evolution being in the air. "Psychologists maintain evolution is the key to human development".
We are being called to embrace creative transformation and "each of us is being asked to contribute to the ongoing evolutionary process. One of my concerns is that we live in a throw-away society where we always demand bigger and better material goods. We have many choices right now but in the future we may not have a choice in our lifestyle. Water among other things may be in short supply.

When I think of the future I do feel a chill in the air aware that all change comes with some benefit but also at great cost. Can we avoid global disaster? We see major disasters going on in our world all around us. The amazing thing is that there is always a fighting spirit that brings us together as people help other people. We live in a troubled and violent world just like the world which gave birth to Christianity. Yesterday we remembered the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit blew new life into a group of praying and waiting believers. They then went out to change the world having to face great changes in their own hearts and souls.

Today we will be enjoying Randy cooking supper for us as we visit with him and Sandra. It is these precious moments that renew us and continue to give us hope.