Summertime

 The haunting melody and comforting lyrics of this Gershwin classic from Porgy and Bess can be taken at a deeper level.  With these lengthening days, summer heat and rain, there can be opportunities early in the morning when the sun is rising or just over the horizon...or in the quiet of the evening or when a shower makes us change our plans... to take a 20 minute "break" with God.  Time to appreciate the past day, night, morning...to reflect on the gifts we have receive in just the last 24 hours...to just be quiet and connect with God.  One of the growing problems of our era is "isolation", "disconnect,"  because we are so busy...one event literally running into the next.  We need a "space bar" on the keyboard of our life or we'll be "texting" ourselves into depression and not know why.  But this won't happen if we take time to realize that "the livin' is easy" if we so make it; if we take time to watch the fish jumpin' or notice the flowers and trees.  Our "daddy"  (Abba, Father)  is RICH for sure...and our Mother Mary is beautiful. No need for worry or tears...not with them standing by to help us reach the sky of our hopes and dreams...Such solitude is the anti-dote for isolation.  Take a moment now to BE with these lyrics,  recall the familiar and soothing melody of Summertime.  Use this song over and over in the course of the summer
 Bro. Rene

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But 'til that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mammy standing by.