Saturday Song: Chad and Jeremy, "A Summer Song"

What a joyous and pleasure-filled time summer is. Even with the bugs and heat, we still enjoy being out and about as we cram in as much recreation into our days as we can.

One song which brings back the carefree days of summers is this one by Chad and Jeremy. Though there is the lament in the song of not wanting to see a friend go, it still paints images in my mind of people and parks.

Listen to this beautiful summer classic here.

Because we live in a fallen world, we experience a mixture of God's goodness and Satan's wickedness through his causing Adam and Eve to sin. Even so, Psalm 74:17 (BBE) declares, "By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter."

For residents of the Middle East, summer is a dry time. As David wrote during one of his dry times in Psalms 32:4 (BBE), in reference to being unforgiven, "For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)"

Christ used the analogy of trees in summer to describe the time of his coming judgement on the world in Mark 13:28 (BBE) which reads, "Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near."

This is all the more reason that we must be diligent to rid ourselves of both sin and sloth. As Proverbs 10:5 (BBE) counsels us, "He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame."

Jesus was a wise son of his heavenly Father. He knew his time of ministry was limited. After answering his disciples regarding a blind man whom he healed, he said in John 9:4 (BBE), "While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done."

So we see that when good times come, we must make the best of them. Judgement is coming on this world and we've been tasked to warn people about it. If we don't, we're like that lazy farmer's son who goofed off during the harvest.

On Monday, I'll post about which religion is the peaceful one. Some atheists say that Christianity started most of the wars in history.