1ST DAY OF SUMMER

ON THIS 1ST DAY OF SUMMER, CAN THE DEAD COME BACK TO LIFE? WE HAVE BEEN IN A DROUGHT PERMEATED WITH HEAT WAVE AND VIRTUALLY ALL VEGETATION HAS WILTED OR DIED. THE GARDEN, DEPENDENT ON THE WHIMS OF WEATHER, HAS FAILED. HENCE THE QUESTION WHETHER A WELCOME RAIN CAN INITIATE A RESUSCITATION OR JUST A SIGH OF RELIEF. I SIGHED WHEN I AWOKE TODAY JUNE 22ND TO A QUIET, STEADY DRIZZLE. THANK GOD! DON'T TELL ME WE'RE NOT, HAVE NOT BEEN, A CHRISTIAN NATION.

FOLLOWING IN THE PATH OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL WAR REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO THE HIGHER POWER AS "THE RECORDING ANGEL," AS THE "CREATOR (WHO) ORDERS SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE," AS THE "GOD (WHO) HAS HELPED ME," AS THE "SOVEREIGN RULER OF THE UNIVERSE" (TO WHOM I OWE GRATITUDE). AND TO CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN GOD, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN COMBATANTS ALIKE AGREED THAT DURING THE BLOODY BATTLES, "SATAN WAS HOLDING HIS ORGIES ON EARTH AND DEATH SUPPED FAT ON THE FEAST." THE EXISTENCE OF THE EVIL ANTI-CHRIST WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF OVER-ARCHING WINGS OF A GOOD GOD.

I AM THANKFUL FOR OUR 1ST HEAVEN-SENT RAIN IN A MONTH - THOUGH ONLY A 1/4 INCH) ON THE 1ST DAY OF ANOTHER HEAVEN-SENT SUMMER.