Chris' Christian Blog

August 4, 2018

"August 4, 2018" 

"Prompt: Incredible August. Writ whatever you want about this subject."

August is one of my favorite months because it is mid summer and everything is green and vibrant. The sun is often too hot for me anymore so I stay inside in the A/C but I enjoy looking out the window and seeing the leaves on the trees. I also like another natural beauty as women wear tight shorts and sport beautiful tanned bodies. Hey I'm a man right? I usually don't dwell on the looking so that I lust after them but simply value their beauty.

Prompt: “Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Your thoughts."

I have long felt that pain is one of the greatest gifts God can give us because it is through pain that we grow. I am fond of saying that humans are like plants: we need a good helping of manure thrown on us to grow. Pain shapes us and teaches us tolerance, humility, faith, and a dozen other beneficial characteristics. I know it has been the hard times in my life that shaped me the most.