It is a sign that summer is about to come to end and that I don't have much time left to enjoy my boating and water activities.
TWO
It's time for FOOTBALL!
GO PENN STATE!!!!!!
THREE
It's time to start getting prepared for winter.
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Labor Day is set aside to honor the hard work of the American people. I am reminded of the story in the Old Testament of Abraham who sent his servant on a mission to find Isaac a wife. As the servant sat at a well, we read:
Then he prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too' — let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master." Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again. The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar." "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking." So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. (Ge 24:12-21 NIV)
What I find interesting is Rebekah's willingness to go the extra step. She didn't have to do more than give the servant a drink of water. But she chose to water his camels too. Camels drink a lot of water. I read somewhere that camels are capable of drinking up to 35 gallons of water. Earlier in the chapter we are informed that the servant took 10 camels on the journey. Wow! Rebekah carried up to 350 gallons of water from that well. My point is not the exact amount of water. My point I want to make is that we see an individual who is desirous of not just settling for doing average or doing what is expected. She is set on excelling at what she does. She is set on doing the extraordinary! The New Testament says it this way, "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Col 3:17 NIV) Have a great Labor Day weekend!
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