For living things to grow and prosper, they need a good balance of sun and rain.
My daughter had two tennis matches last Saturday. Since we had so many cancelled this season due to rain or ice, the only way to fit two in was to schedule them both on the same day. One was at 10:00 and one was at 11:00. It was a delightful day, not a cloud in the sky. The high was 72 degrees. It was not too hot and not too cold. The weather was perfect.
It was so comfortable outside that when my hubby and I ran home for lunch, I changed into shorts. We ended up being at the tennis courts until 3:00. It wasn’t until we got home that we realized that we had fried like bacon. We all were sunburned.
The perfect breeze and temperature had lulled us into believing that we didn’t need sunscreen. After all, it wasn’t hot and my family has been blessed with an olive skin tone. We rarely burn; but we are also meticulous about sunscreen when we are going to be outside for a while.
This particular spring season has had much more rain than sun and we were still sporting our winter white skin. We now have the sunburn to prove it. We had no business sitting out in the sun all day with no protection, but since we had longed for a warm sunny day for so long, we were complacent. Too much sun is dangerous.
But, isn’t that the case with just about everything in our lives? A little wine, a little cheesecake, an occasional Coke are all fine. The problem is that humanity very rarely gets the state of balance right.
We eat too much. We drink too much. We work too much. There are people who run too much and have to have joints replaced. Moderation seems to escape us much of the time.
Why is that, I wonder? Perhaps it’s because we have an inherent need for more. We want ten more minutes of sleep, or just another hour at the pool, or just one more bite. But, it’s never really enough. Balance can be really hard to attain.
We have family, friends, work, exercise, hobbies, and a long list of other things that we would like to fit into twenty-four hours in any given day. We also have to sleep sometime.
I think maybe this is where prayer comes in and a right relationship with God. When we look to the Trinity, we find perfect balance, so much so, that the founders of this country based our government on it. The Bible is full of stories of people who get their priorities out of whack and the disaster that inevitably follows. But, there are also stories of people who repent, turn back to God and get it right. There is plenty of instruction there, if we are willing to seek it.
Prayer can also keep us in balance. When we begin our day talking to God and listening for answers, then we are more likely stay on track the entire day. When we always keep our eyes on Him first, then we can keep the balance in our lives that He intended.
We can be at peace and not get sunburned. I think that is a plan worth pursuing. What do you think?
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂