What is it about old men and the weather? My husband loves to watch the news when he gets up and always pays special attention to the weather. That weather report, however, seems to disappear from his mind about mid-morning and he asks me “what’s the weather going to be today?”
I have a weather app on my computer and phone, so I will check it (usually several times during the day) and remind him what he can expect, temperature, conditions, rain, wind, etc.
The other morning, checking the weather app, I noticed something I probably never considered before. Sunday was going to be “partly cloudy,” and Monday was expected to be “mostly sunny.”
Huh? Isn’t that the same thing? What’s the difference between partly cloudy and mostly sunny? Aren’t there clouds on mostly sunny days? And doesn’t the sun shine on the party cloudy days? I am sure meteorologists have specific guidelines for those definitions, but I doubt the person standing there looking at the skies on Monday and Tuesday can tell the difference between partly cloudy and mostly sunny.
Maybe it all has to do with attitude! When I look at the sky on Monday and Tuesday what will I see, the clouds or the sunshine?
Philippians 4:8-9: “Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things. Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.” [HCSB]
