In 1944 the classic song, 鈥淏aby It鈥檚 Cold Outside鈥� was a hit. I was just one year old when that was released but now, years later, I am tempted to try to re-write the piece. I鈥檇 name it 鈥淏aby, It鈥檚 Hot Outside!鈥�
Without going into the graphic details regarding climate change, we鈥檝e definitely been swamped. I thought I鈥檇 escaped these blistering temperatures when we moved from the Canadian prairies to a home just minutes away from the Pacific Ocean, but this week proves how wrong I was.
Through out the past months that have been marked by pandemic, we鈥檝e been urged to live a life of caution and concern for our own health as well as that of others. Personally, and I鈥檓 sure for many others more than me, there鈥檚 a tremendous sense of relief and thanksgiving accompanying the realty that we seem to be coming out of that one; unfortunately, however, this current heat is predicted to last for weeks or even months to come. I find myself humming my revised version of the classic, 鈥淏aby, it鈥檚 hot outside.鈥�
As unassociated as it may sound, along with these soaring temperatures, I鈥檓 also experiencing an increasing awareness of a lot more 鈥渟corching鈥� matters affecting the health and unity of our country and similar injustices world-wide. Here in Canada, we鈥檝e come face -to-face with the horrific manner in which our First Nation people have been treated; world-wide, ongoing atrocities take the lives of children as well as adults. Friends, it鈥檚 hot outside.
Other than running a fan and getting up early to let in cooler air, external temperatures are as they are. As individuals and as a nation, what we can do is to ask forgiveness then offer unconditional love to those around us.
鈥淩epent 鈥� that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.鈥�
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