HAPPY LABOR DAY

It's September in Central Kentucky and our weather, again, has become the topic of choice.  What had previously been hurricane Isaac down in the gulf has now been downgraded and become merely a slow moving and slow arriving formation bringing much appreciated rain to our area.  We had been told that it would be a wash out for the entire weekend, however, Saturday turned out to be dry and partly sunny.  We wondered Sunday, if in fact, Isaac would ever arrive with it's potential to bring the drenching rain we greatly needed.  It was a blessing, during the late afternoon to see the pouring rain as it pounded the dry and thirsty earth.  Thank you, God!

I'm not sure the crowd at Papa John Stadium in Louisville had the same appreciation for the late afternoon deluge, but I believe most in Kentucky breathed a sigh of relief for the shower.  Unfortunately, the Cardinals were also in the midst of their own type of shower.  They poured forth their own deluge of offensive yardage on our Kentucky Wildcats during the first half of the game between the interstate rivals.  We had hoped the tide would turn in the second half as Kentucky recovered an onside kick to start the second half.  But, it just wasn't meant to be, as Kentucky lost it's second straight game to Da'Ville.  I am going to stay positive and take the things from the game that I saw that looked promising.  Maxwell Smith looked comfortable and racked up  a lot of passing yards.  The Cats did well with it's no huddle offense and, as earlier mentioned, the onside kick recovery at the beginning of the second half was impressive.  I look forward to the next two games at Commonwealth Stadium as this very young team learns to hang on to the ball and the defense shows improvement in stopping our opponent.

Because it is the Labor Day holiday weekend I thought it appropriate to mention the Bible verses we were discussing in our Beth Moore Study yesterday morning.  As I've mentioned, we are studying the Psalms of Ascent, which are Psalms 120 - 134.  With each Psalm we study, we are ascending the steps that lead to the Temple in Jerusalem.  The women of that day could not ascend these steps to the next level, but in our new age of equality, we feel women are indeed allowed to make their way up these steps that lead to a more fulfilling and closer relationship with God.   Our current verse from Psalm 127 begins by reminding us that laboring without God's involvement and direction, is laboring in vain.  This is so true in the lives of Christians.  If what we are doing is not in His will, nor giving Him glory, then what is the point of doing it.  We can spend an awfully lot of time, energy and efforts in many of our endeavors, only to realize at the end that it was all simply a waste of time because it wasn't what God was wanting of us in the first place.  But, due to human nature, we fall into this trap time and time again.  I pray that we look to Him and His will for our lives before we take on any time consuming labor and that all our labors are going to glorify Him.

Because it is a rather gray, gloomy day outside, we haven't felt like taking our walk.  The doggies and I are being a bit lethargic so far, but we are hoping to do the things that will make God smile when we think of them.  I hope you are having an enjoyable and not so laborious Labor Day.  Take care and stay safe. luv, Susan