Tuesday; July 28
Is it warm enough for you? How many times have we been asked that this summer? Typically, it is a jovial way to complain about what appears to be a hot summer. Now, I am not a climatologist so I am not going to get into a discussion of how hot it is (or why it is so hot); but I think there can be a lesson in all of this for us. While I am not sure that this year’s heat is the precursor of things to come or even a sign of the end of the world, one thing I do know is that is not as hot as it is going to be. In describing the return of the Lord, Paul caution, “ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up . ” (II Peter 3:10). There is going to come a time when this world will be destroyed with heat – not caused by a climatic shift – rather one caused by t...