I look forward to the changes of the seasons, fall brings cooler weather, and beautiful colors from nature. There’s a smell in the woods unlike summer. You can smell dirt in the woods in the fall. With all the foliage gone, you can hear things better, I think sound travels farther. The sky seems clearer and the stars brighter.
I work at a power plant and during the spring and fall the demand for power is lower. The board of directors, use this lull as a time to rebuild wore out parts in the plant. This means long working hours, I’ve been on seven-ten hour days. Last week I worked seven night, 4pm to 2:30am. We do abnormal jobs that, we don’t normally do, so to say the least I’m very tired. I hurt in places I did not know existed.
When your mentally and physically tired, your brain works over time. Usually toward the negative, you take offence to things that you would normally just pass off. Sometimes you say things you don’t really mean. I do two thing to prepare myself. The Bible say’s, Phil.4:8, Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. First, I don’t always trust what my mind is thinking, so I don’t (trust my mind). Second, if what I’m hearing is true, but is not honorable, I just ignore it. This may sound crazy to some, but it works for me. I have a healthier out look during these times and I’m not flying of the handle at little things.
I have found that adversity is going to come in life, it’s how we handle these times that reveals Christ to others. Do people see Christ in you? It’s easy to be a Christian in the good times, what kind of a Christian are you when things go rough. Posted by Steve Waltrip
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