Opinion

I never thought I would be starting over at such a late stage in my life but here I am 52 and starting over yet again. Although starting over is not new to me this is the first unexpected starting over, I find myself in.

Old Sol has decided to extend his stay and sizzle us with those penetrating rays of his. He’s like a little kid who has just learned to count to 100; he wants to dazzle everyone with his brilliance, over and over, and over and over again! Of course, we would prefer for him to stop in the ‘80s and ‘90s, but-- it IS summer! Surely we can endure two more months; we are resilient!

Matthew 7:1-5 1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”