And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Matthew 24:6

If you live in a country where the summer weather is erratic this analogy should mean more to you. Even so I hope you understand the connection.

British people love to talk about the weather. Why? Because we never know what the weather forecast is going to be from one day to the next. The term ‘weather forecast’ here really means weather guess! Even on the hottest day, you will more than likely see people dressed inappropriately because they have either been caught out by the promise of sun that actually showed up, or they just don’t trust what the weather man has predicted. Winters now have a mildness just enough not to kill the germs and bugs that make you fill groggy, or they freeze over completely with the wrong type of snow!

When it is hot here generally people complain because it is too hot. That is until the next day when we all have to pull the jumpers on. The point is, in the extreme of one type of weather we quickly forget what it was like to experience the other. The human experience is like that. Something has to submerge us for us to really feel it, that is until something else comes along – it’s either too hot or too cold.

Take for instance some of the news stories over the past few weeks, how may have you remembered to keep praying for? The peaceful protests in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, the unlawful killings in America, the terrorists attacks in France, Germany and Belgium, just to mention a few. The bible tells us in Matthew 24:6 ‘And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.’

Let our hearts continue to ache for the wrong doings that are being committed around the world and not forget to pray for our brothers and sisters, just because it is not hot or cold for us.

Bruce Weeks family band sing ‘I'll fly away’ Thanks Bryn for your vaired choice of music,todays being French Canadian. Click on the picture to listen.