People who live in Minnesota or states around that area will say there are two seasons of the year.  One season is winter that stretches out for quite awhile.  The other season is that of road repair after the snow finally goes away.  We who reside in Texas say the same thing but our one season is that of summer.  Heat begins in late April not to be gone until usually into October.  This fact still does not slow us down from complaining about the weather.  Every summer here is hot.  No amount of rain ever changes this fact.  We know it is coming at some point.  It is as certain as any other of our realities.  We even try to compare our heat to other places.  Being hot does not change whether the air is dry or humid.  I learned this from living in other places.  But we will insist on wishing the very act of God in setting up this world could change.


I would very much like to ask God someday why we get it so bad during summer here.  Other places of our country at least get breaks in the heat with the occasional cold front.  He chose to put the world together with the understanding our temperatures would hit maximum for three months at least.  You can just watch people to see how it affects us.  We move slower if we move at all.  We wear as few clothes as we can get away with.  It can even reach the point where swimming pools are warm rather than cool.  My way of thinking is to just try and push through it because surely it cannot last forever.  Not to be ugly but there is no way it is hotter in Texas than you know where.  This is part of our heritage or even our pride.  Just as those in Minnesota brag about making it through winter we can push out our chest to declare we survived another summer.


Each day brings us closer to an eventual break.  My youngest learned about the Summer Solstice last week.  I taught him that it is the day with the most daylight during a year.  We moved on to learn that the Winter Solstice is the day with the most night.  I do try to teach him things even when out of school.  We can either dread the weather which only makes us complain more.  No amount of wishing for cooler days will actually make that happen here.  Or we can just keep moving along while taking care of our health.  God did set things up so we catch the brunt of the extreme heat.  We don't even cool down at night.  So perhaps we just look for whatever He has in store for us regardless of the conditions.  Besides, we are officially under six months away from Christmas now.  Maybe you can make your wish list for when that season arrives?


Bro. Trey