Marilyn's Musings
August 26, 2025
Happy last week of August. It has been so unbearable warm this month – I thank God for air conditioning. I’ve needed it as the humidity and heat have bothered me this summer more than I can remember happening before. It’s been a good summer otherwise. At Old North we have our new minister, Pastor Debbie, who everyone is enjoying. There are a few of us braving the heat and working at the Thrift Shoppe getting ready for our first Fall sale on September 6th.
My husband and I have made a decision that will change how we enjoy the rest of our lives. After 45 years of camping, we have decided to sell our trailer this fall. It is time we do something different, maybe treat ourselves to cruises more often or do more exploring out west. We have made some special friends we met at campgrounds over the years and that is not going to change. We will just be doing different things with them. I would love to have company more often in our yard. We have a fire pit and BBQ and can “pretend camp” but be home with no commuting and no trailer that needs repairs. Now…we just wait for the right buyer to come and take our trailer to its new home.
As I think about changes that happen in life, I am thinking of the kids starting school in the next week or so. There are the little ones starting nursery school, or kindergarten. Then we have the older kids moving up grades and starting to have lockers and change classes. And, we have the kid’s starting college with a lot of challenges ahead of them. My granddaughter is starting 7th grade this year and she knows the work will be harder but she is excited to see what she is going to learn. My grandson graduated high school in June and chose not to go school and went right into the workforce and is learning the trade of being a mason. He has been working full time out in the heat this summer, but is learning something he can take with him as he moves on and makes decisions of what he really wants to do.
Change is happening all around us. Change in the weather, change in our kids lives, change in decisions we make about our lives, but……as Pastor Debbie reminded us-God Remembers. I like knowing that He remembers all of us, including our children and even before us – He remembers and He has watched us through our lives making changes and dealing with the changes that life gives us. I am sitting here thinking about my grandkids and school and work for them while God is remembering my first day of school, and my decisions on jobs I took after school. He remembers when I went to Sunday School as a child and He remembers my bringing my children up going to Sunday School.
Let’s all look forward to changes in our lives that the Fall season will bring and the future holds for all of us. As we move into the fall; there are many beautiful hymns about “God in Creation” (as that subject is titled in our hymnbooks). I love singing the hymns that are sung to be thankful to our God. Let’s start with “Thanks to God for My Redeemer”.
Join me in singing this week……
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=niXVMVwFE7g&si=q5opfcgG34ncI61l
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