The weather and how people react to it fascinate me. A local news program can have several certified meterologists on its team and still rarely be completely accurate in their forecasts. Now I don’t blame them as unforeseen conditions can alter the weather. Many years ago we lived in Dayton, Ohio. The poor meterologists never had a chance as the local weather was impacted from four different directions. Our son once lived in the Denver area and the weather hit extremes at opposite ends of the spectrum within the same day.
It seems to me that people also react strangely to weather. Some people are always cold, no matter how high the temperature gets. And some people, like myself, are always hot, no matter how cold the temperature gets. We often use extremes to describe how we feel also. We say, “I’m freezing” or “I’m melting” when both of these descriptions are highly inaccurate. I’m also convinced that our memories regarding the weather are highly inaccurate. We will talk about the weather last year and be completely wrong.
Despite all these inaccuracies in forecasts and our memories, the weather is a common topic of conversation. I think it is because the weather affects us all. It also affects what we can and cannot do to some extent. We can’t paint the house exterior or mow the grass on rainy days, for instance.
It is my observation that we also do not judge ourselves very accurately as well. We often have either too high opinion of ourselves or too low. We also often think we are wiser than we truly are. These misjudgements lead us to say and do things that we shouldn’t.
In the Old Testament, Israel wanted a king. The first king was Saul, a strong and handsome man. He proved to be a bad king. When it came time to choose another king, God chose David, a man after his own heart, although David was small and not too strong. David became Israel’s greatest king. You see, God’s wisdom is not like our own. We would do well to seek His wisdom over our own. Psalm 107:43 says, “Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, and consider the lovingkindness of the Lord”
Reluctant Retiree 